On Feb 26, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Paul Brandon wrote:
Pigeons have been taught to report internal states, such as whether
they are being affected by a psychoactive drug. Can we say that
they are 'conscious' of being in that state?
Why, of course, Paul. (My cat is conscious of my being at home.
That is the only time he comes looking for me.
If not, what is missing beyond the tautological observation that
they are not human?
But, Paul, e.g. "X is not human" is not a tautological statement.
Peter
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