Tag: abstract concepts
Could Laws of Nature Give Rise to Platonic Forms?
Biologist Michael Denton’s structuralist view says that underlying structural principles govern the form of living things.
Claim: Dogs Can Form “Abstract Concepts”
It’s a good idea to be skeptical when any such claim is followed up with the assertion that humans “aren’t that cognitively unique after all.”
Why Does Man Have Language?
Both humans and other animals use signs. Signs are things that direct attention to something else.
John Searle on Free Will
Modern philosophy of mind is a focused effort to deny human exceptionalism.
Here’s How We Could Know if Animals Use Language
Perhaps, some critics will argue, animals have language that we haven’t detected.