2007-11-14 13:30:00 · 4 answers · asked by verymar 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Margecutter. What type of zoologist uses a philosophical definition for a physiological process. Do not oppose freewill to learning.
A cat is an advanced mammal and makes choices from a variety of behavioral repertoire; freewill. margecutter seems to have some dualistic ideas about what freewill can be. As if organisms had some disembodied " soul " making decisions for them. Incoherent.Lower organisms, such as bacteria, have no option, but instinct, but cats, though not as intelligent as dogs, surely have free will.
2007-11-14 15:27:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Certainly they do. Cats are self-aware, they don't just act on instinct. They do what they WANT to do.
2007-11-15 00:00:20 · answer #2 · answered by luvrats 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No.
" 'Free Will' is a philosophical term of art for a particular sort of capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action from among various alternatives." http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/
Cats act on instinct. They do not analyze the alternatives and act on one, they do what their instincts tell them is the proper course of action to survive, eat, and procreate.
2007-11-14 21:56:20 · answer #3 · answered by margecutter 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Of course, they always do things on purrpose
2007-11-14 21:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋