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Ideas for Hermarchus, J.B. Watson and K Marx / F Engels

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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 3. Meaning as Speaker's Intention

5280	Language co-exists with consciousness, and makes it social [Marx/Engels]
	Full Idea: Language is as old as consciousness, language is practical consciousness that exists also for other men.
	From: K Marx / F Engels (The German Ideology [1846], §1.A)
	A reaction: Dennett takes a similar view - that consciousness is more-or-less a consequence of the development of consciousness. This is understandable if you make intentional rather than phenomenal consciousness central. Otherwise ants may well have it.