ABSTRACT
Another heated controversy within cognitive science and philosophy has to do with the language and thought, both of which are intimately related to one’s sense of self, are isomorphic or are distinctive but related. The hypothesis that what is often called thought is not a monolithic entity but that there are two qualitatively distinctive forms of consciousness, each of which uses language and speech differently, opens the way to a different understanding of this controversy. Mental process precedes development of language defined in a limited way as expressive and receptive speech, but that process is primordial consciousness not reflective representational thought.
