Le 23-août-06, à 17:58, Brent Meeker a écrit :
> I take this to be what is needed to be "self-conscious". But is that > the same as > having an inner narrative? Is it the same as passing the mirror test? > Is my dog > conscious - or must he first do arithmetic? I would bet dogs are conscious. I would bet that they have even reflexive consciousness, like most sufficiently big mammals. "inner narrative" is asking too much imo. No need of arithmetic done by dogs for dogs being (even reflexively) conscious. I guess the mirror test can be used (Cat and dogs go through it, isn't it?). Bruno http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~marchal/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
