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Is there a provable way which applies to other humans? We are either generalizing from personal experience or using biological explanations to postulate a con
by enugu 9y ago
Is there a provable way which applies to other humans? We are either generalizing from personal experience or using biological explanations to postulate a connection between behaviour and sentient feelings. So, when a street dog whimpers and runs away as someone bends down to pick a stone, or when it jumps eagerly to eat some food, we deduce pain and pleasure.
- em3rgent0rdr 9y agoGood point. It is all deduction, and I guess that is what science is about: deduction, not proof. Regardless of whether or not an entity X experiences pain, we can still objectively state that entity X responds negatively towards stimuli associated with the feeling of pain in ourselves.