Anyone who has ever had a dog (or cat, I suppose) as a pet can tell you that animals do have mental states. And any farmer across written history (minus last 12

Anyone who has ever had a dog (or cat, I suppose) as a pet can tell you that animals do have mental states. And any farmer across written history (minus last 120 years, perhaps) would've agreed. The myth that animals are nothing more than "flesh machines" is quite recent in history.