SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoJustifying one thing because it's a necessary component of another unnecessary thing... what logical fallacy is that?message-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down13
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareJustifying one thing because it's a necessary component of another unnecessary thing... what logical fallacy is that?SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year ago They don’t wish to die. This is very clear in their behaviour. then it should be a simple matter to find an animal cognitive behaviorist to support this position. it’s not, though, because behavior does not entail cognition.
minus-squareSeahorseTreble@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAre you now trying to claim that animals don’t have cognition despite the fact they’re sentient and intelligent beings?
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoi’m saying they are not cognizant of their personal mortality. if you can get me a cognitive-behavior paper that undercuts this, i’d love to read it.
then it should be a simple matter to find an animal cognitive behaviorist to support this position. it’s not, though, because behavior does not entail cognition.
Are you now trying to claim that animals don’t have cognition despite the fact they’re sentient and intelligent beings?
i’m saying they are not cognizant of their personal mortality. if you can get me a cognitive-behavior paper that undercuts this, i’d love to read it.