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Full Idea
A frog will starve to death surrounded by dead flies.
Gist of Idea
A frog will starve to death surrounded by dead flies
Source
Rita Carter (Mapping the Mind [1998], p.195)
Book Ref
Carter,Rita: 'Mapping the Mind' [Phoenix 2000], p.195
A Reaction
A nice warning against assuming that rationality is operating when a frog feels hungry and 'decides' to have lunch. We should take comfort from the fact that humans are NOT this stupid, and philosophers should try to accurately describe our gift.
| 23310 | Animals live by sensations, and some have good memories, but they don't connect experiences [Aristotle] |
| 23300 | Aristotle and the Stoics denied rationality to animals, while Platonists affirmed it [Aristotle, by Sorabji] |
| 4270 | Do we use reason to distinguish people from animals, or use that difference to define reason? [Scruton] |
| 4914 | A frog will starve to death surrounded by dead flies [Carter,R] |