10-2g2c1 Symbols are universal. Being arbitrary and contingent means it can represent anything, and do everything.

10-2g2 Culture invents symbols, and the core of language is the symbol

4-1a4b5c Deutsch - Consciousness is clearly intimately related to the growth and representation of knowledge within the brain

10-2g4 Cultures and languages are reflexive

  • Language is not the only tool by which we construct knowledge, values, ways of behaving.
  • But it is the most important, even as it itself is shaped by culture.
  • Imitation is crucial. But not quite enough for cultural transmission.
    10-2g1f Imitation = limitation (imitation has limitation)