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I think you two are looking for the word consciousness. Or sense of self. For both it's debatable if dogs have it
by _xiaz 2y ago
I think you two are looking for the word consciousness. Or sense of self.
For both it's debatable if dogs have it
- vasco 2y agoConsciousness for me is a more sophisticated process than "simpler" thinking. When I say thinking I mean things like planning to get a snack by pushing a chair in front of a counter to then jump up and open a cabinet and then even being ingenious enough to pretend not to have done it, even putting the chair back and hiding the snack if spotted. This is obviously not just "see snack get snack" reactive operation. What I think is debatable dogs may have are things like metacognition which I'd put under the consciousness umbrella. Even that I've seen examples, but I agree its much rarer.