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| Animal language: Animal language refers to communication systems used by non-human species, involving various sounds, gestures, and signals. It differs in complexity across different species and serves vital functions for their survival and social interactions._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Daniel Dennett on Animal Language - Dictionary of Arguments
I 516 Animal/Language/Animal Language/Dennett: Is it true that dolphins and chimpanzees have some kind of language? So you can also call music and politics a kind of language. I 517 Language/Intelligence/Dennett: To what extent does language contribute to intelligence? Which forms of thinking require language? Animal/Human/Dennett: Example: We can imagine a man climbing up a rope with a bucket on his head. Could a chimpanzee do the same? He knows the individual elements, but cannot put them together so freely. I 519 Example: There are two ways to build a dam: the type of beaver and ours. "Principle of Independent Command"/Dennett: Example In the military, there are two different commands, those that cannot be modified, and those that can be modified to achieve a corresponding success. ((s) Connection: Animal behavior is more rigid.) >Language/Dennett, >Terminology/Dennett._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Dennett I D. Dennett Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, New York 1995 German Edition: Darwins gefährliches Erbe Hamburg 1997 Dennett II D. Dennett Kinds of Minds, New York 1996 German Edition: Spielarten des Geistes Gütersloh 1999 Dennett III Daniel Dennett "COG: Steps towards consciousness in robots" In Bewusstein, Thomas Metzinger, Paderborn/München/Wien/Zürich 1996 Dennett IV Daniel Dennett "Animal Consciousness. What Matters and Why?", in: D. C. Dennett, Brainchildren. Essays on Designing Minds, Cambridge/MA 1998, pp. 337-350 In Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19