TIL: #anthropodenial
“Frans de Waal has studied the behavior of primates for five decades. Some of his many important observations center around the evolution of morality and just how much we have in common with the animal kingdom.
The idea that animals are always in conflict with one another and competing for resources is “totally wrong,” de Waal says.”
#animal_cognition #animalcognition
https://bigthink.com/the-well/primate-behavior/
Do drosophila flies actually "decide"? #Anthropomorphism, #anthropodenial and #literalism: interesting podcast interview with Carrie Figdor. #science #philosophy #conscious #emotion #cognition #decisionmaking #semantic
We’re all familiar with cases where one attributes certain psychological states or capacities to creatures and systems that are not human persons. For example, your cat might prefer a certain variety of cat food, and maybe your houseplants enjoy a certain corner of the room they’re in. In many cases,...
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