Lexicon of Arguments

 Philosophical and Scientific Issues in Dispute
 
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V 130
Animal/Thinking/Beliefs/Davidson: Thinking is possible not without language, because it must be possible to think of the same thing and to discover error, belief about belief - different living beings need to share the same concept of truth. - (Baseline of triangulation). >Triangulation.
V 136
Thinking/Language/Animal/Davidson: The lack of language makes thought impossible in animals - SearleVsDavidson: we know that human children have consciousness long before they have language. >Animal language, >thinking without language.
V 139
Animal/Propositional Attitude/Thinking/Davidson: E.g. the dog believes his master is at home, but not that the bank manager is at home, even though they are the same person - Searle: according to this argument, there is no intentional state without a certain fact that coresponded to its propositional content - SearleVsDavidson: we do not need language to recognize an incorrect belief. >Gavagai.

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