
Consciousness

"Play: Play, therefore, introduces something that can be called “second reality” (Vygotsky, 1978). In this reality the life is going on as if it is the “primary reality,” but with the nice difference that whenever I don’t like what happens, I simply stop the process and go out, or start it anew. This makes play suspiciously like consciousness
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Evan Thompson • Consciousness
"Human consciousness emerges on the interface between three components of animal behaviour:
Communication
Play
Use of tools
Behaviour, in this context, is a biological adjustment by means of movements and all kinds of movement-related physiological activity
Communication and play yields symbolic games and, more importantly, language
Interaction between s... See more
Communication
Play
Use of tools
Behaviour, in this context, is a biological adjustment by means of movements and all kinds of movement-related physiological activity
Communication and play yields symbolic games and, more importantly, language
Interaction between s... See more