Re:Animals are no less emotional than we are
by pvaldes on Saturday March 09, 2019 @05:39PM
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> A) Of course we can never tell whether animals feel anything such as emotion,
I could think in some exceptions to this rule, but lets ignore the "never" and assume that this is true for now.
> B) but at this level, so you can't of other humans.
False. Even if I can't communicate with a slug, I can communicate fairly well with other humans, feel empathy and understand their feelings.
> C) In other words, the interpretation of emotions as authenthic rich mental states is just as valid for animals as it is for humans.
Causal phallacy. A is true, so B is true [in fact is false], so C is equally valid for A and B.
In fact neither A (of course we can't interpretate emotions of animals), nor B (we can't interpretate emotions in humans) justify C (therefore the interpretation of emotions is valid in both animals and humans).
I could think in some exceptions to this rule, but lets ignore the "never" and assume that this is true for now.
> B) but at this level, so you can't of other humans.
False. Even if I can't communicate with a slug, I can communicate fairly well with other humans, feel empathy and understand their feelings.
> C) In other words, the interpretation of emotions as authenthic rich mental states is just as valid for animals as it is for humans.
Causal phallacy. A is true, so B is true [in fact is false], so C is equally valid for A and B.
In fact neither A (of course we can't interpretate emotions of animals), nor B (we can't interpretate emotions in humans) justify C (therefore the interpretation of emotions is valid in both animals and humans).