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Single Idea 3615
[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 7. Animal Minds
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Full Idea
Animals not only have less reason than men, but they have none at all; for we see that very little of it is required in order to be able to speak.
Gist of Idea
Little reason is needed to speak, so animals have no reason at all
Source
René Descartes (A Discourse on Method [1637], §5.58)
Book Ref
Descartes,René: 'Discourse on Method/The Meditations', ed/tr. Sutcliffe,F.E. [Penguin 1968], p.75
The
12 ideas
with the same theme
[whether animals have consciousness and reason]:
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20916
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Animals have a share of reason
[Democritus, by Porphyry]
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1875
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Dogs show reason in decisions made by elimination
[Chrysippus, by Sext.Empiricus]
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3615
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Little reason is needed to speak, so animals have no reason at all
[Descartes]
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17204
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Animals are often observed to be wiser than people
[Spinoza]
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12483
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Unlike humans, animals cannot entertain general ideas
[Locke]
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5061
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Animals are semi-rational because they connect facts, but they don't see causes
[Leibniz]
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5054
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Animal thought is a shadow of reasoning, connecting sequences of images by imagination
[Leibniz]
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5032
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It seems probable that animals have souls, but not consciousness
[Leibniz]
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6713
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If animals have ideas, and are not machines, they must have some reason
[Berkeley]
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19220
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We may think animals reason very little, but they hardly ever make mistakes!
[Peirce]
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22651
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Dogs' curiosity only concerns what will happen next
[James]
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4908
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No one knows if animals are conscious
[Carter,R]
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