The Linguistic Expression of Animal Thinking

Answering Philosophical Objections

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  • Andrés Crelier Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_arif/a.rif.202013484

Abstract

The article puts forward the thesis that it is possible in principle to express the content of animal thinking by means of a natural language. Firstly, I propose an interpretation of the research in the current cognitive ethology as making scientific progress, and I argue that this progress presupposes a possible linguistic expression of the animal thoughts (i); secondly, I try to weaken certain objections to the main thesis of the article, regarding the impossibility of grasping non-conceptual and no-familiar contents (ii); thirdly, I use the distinction between expressing and describing a thought (Dennett) to show how the linguistic expression of animal thoughts can be carried out (iii).

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Author Biography

  • Andrés Crelier, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

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Published

2020-12-24

How to Cite

Crelier, A. (2020). The Linguistic Expression of Animal Thinking: Answering Philosophical Objections. Analysis. Journal of Philosophical Research, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_arif/a.rif.202013484
Received 2019-04-16
Accepted 2019-08-26
Published 2020-12-24