@SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 months agoJustifying one thing because it's a necessary component of another unnecessary thing... what logical fallacy is that?message-square121fedilinkarrow-up145
arrow-up145message-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 • 7 months agomessage-square121fedilink
minus-square@commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months 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-square@SeahorseTreble@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink3•7 months agoAre you now trying to claim that animals don’t have cognition despite the fact they’re sentient and intelligent beings?
minus-square@commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months 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.