Reasons without language: the case of non-human animals
The paper puts forward the thesis that non-human animals are able to operate withreasons. It argues that the flexible individual conduct is evidence of instrumentalrationality and that the context of a practical problem –like tool use by chimpanzees–points toward the existence of deliberative though...
| Autor Principal: | Crelier, Andrés |
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| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - Departamento de Humanidades
2016
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http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/112767 |
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The paper puts forward the thesis that non-human animals are able to operate withreasons. It argues that the flexible individual conduct is evidence of instrumentalrationality and that the context of a practical problem –like tool use by chimpanzees–points toward the existence of deliberative thought. Reasons can be seen as mental representations and deliberation as a way to operate with series ofrepresentations. Finally, it is suggested that a communicative infrastructure –suchas the one elucidated by Tomasello– makes it possible to communicate reasonswithout language. |
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