Hi All;).. Do animals have consciousness in the same way humans do?:)?

Question

Thanks, for answering, in advance!! :)

Answer 1

It's been said that humans are conscious that they will die, while animals are not.

Then why it is that elephants go to a certain place to die?

The fact animals can't communicate through articulate speech doesn't necessarily mean they don't think, nor have a conscious mind.

¿Have you ever seen a dog discerning something, or missing someone?

I have, plenty of times.

Answer 2

Another good question. :)) I believe so. Everything in the universe possesses consciousness. Science shows that even "solid" objects are not solid. Form is condensed matter. The consciousness might be more dense or heavy and the molecules packed more closely together but everything is alive at a subatomic level. As for animals I watch my two cats and they know joy, fear, (my one knows how to be bad 24/7! lol). They can't reason and be self-aware like us humans but they are aware. They act and react and know love etc. In a certain way they have an advantage over us humans in that they live in the moment. They might not know they are living in the now but they don't have the human worries. I wish I had the power to b-come a cat! I'm lazy as one........

Answer 3

Evidence to support that animals may have a similar consciousness to humans is Koko the gorilla. Koko was taught sign language and was able to communicate a wide range of emotions, desires, feelings and was even able to problem solve with communication. The theory that animals have a consciousness is called animal cognition , which was also used to help psychologist discover aspects of human behavior.

From Wikipedia:

Animal cognition is the title given to a modern approach to the mental capacities of animals. It has developed out of comparative psychology, but has also been strongly influenced by the approach of ethology, behavioral ecology, and evolutionary psychology. Much of what used to be considered under the title of animal intelligence is now thought of under this heading. Animal language acquisition, attempting to discern or understand the degree to which animal cognistics can be revealed by linguistics-related study, has been controversial among cognitive linguists.

I hope this helps.

Answer 4

Maybe if we all had Alseimers.

Animals do not seem to be able to retain knowledge for long periods of time. That sets us way apart. They can be trained but not educated. Chimanzees are as close as it gets. Read "Practical Ethics" by Singer to look into a chimp named Washoo. It might give you some insight on the subject. Also look into "Can Animals and Machines be Persons" by Leibner, it covers the same material in a dialectic manner.

Answer: not on this planet.

Answer 5

There is difference of opinion with regard to this. However, if we grant consciousness to animals, we do not grant it to them in the same sense in which we grant it to human beings. After all, human beings are language using animals. The sounds that animals use is not given the recognition of language as it lacks grammar. If you say that human being do not acknowledge their grammar, then the reply would be that every such consideration is from the human point of view.

Answer 6

I don't think we know for sure. (It's hard to ask them.) Animals certainly have memory and emotions and intelligence. There are at least two ways that humans have consciousness that animals don't have (I think): (1)humans have self-concepts; that is, we know that we exist; we have a sense of "I". Animals don't have this. (2)We know that we're mortal, that we're going to die. Animals are not cursed this way.
Remember, though, animals do have intelligence, memory, feelings. And rights. They are just blessed not to have the two burdens mentioned above that we humans must cope with.

Answer 7

Hi. I think most don't even consider a self against other. It is all instinct. But a few are closer to us than even naturalists would have considered 30 or 40 years ago. Apes can learn language. They just arn't equipped to talk like us. A group of whales heard herring together to the surface where they can gobble many in one bite. No other group of that species does it. It is like this bunch alone connived the strategy.

Answer 8

Well considering that I am a Kitty cat , how the heck would I know what humans feel. Thank god I can type because everybody knows that animals can't answer stupid but beautiful questions!!!

Answer 9

Not like humans, but they have their own space and intellect. They feel, they react. They are the most uncomplicated creatures in the world. They live in the moment. They can even learn and adapt. Not to what they create, but what we create. We could learn a lot from animals.

Answer 10

No, of course not. They neither think nor feel in any way close to the way humans do. They are not self aware. They are just animals.