\n“Scientists Are Totally Rethinking Animal Cognition”.<\/a><\/p>\n
Autor Ross Andersen h\u00e4ngt seine Geschichte am indischem Jinismus auf, “an ancient religion whose highest commandment forbids violence not only against humans, but also against animals”, der auch den roten Faden des Artikels bildet – sehr sch\u00f6n gemacht. Und Nachdenken \u00fcber Bewusstsein bei Tieren f\u00fchrt nat\u00fcrlich zu Nachdenken \u00fcber die Untersuchbarkeit von Bewusstsein generell.<\/p>\n
Even in a secular age, consciousness retains a mystical sheen. It is alternatively described as the last frontier of science, and as a kind of immaterial magic beyond science\u2019s reckoning. David Chalmers, one of the world\u2019s most respected philosophers on the subject, once told me that consciousness could be a fundamental feature of the universe, like space-time or energy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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These metaphysical accounts are in play because scientists have yet to furnish a satisfactory explanation of consciousness. We know the body\u2019s sensory systems beam information about the external world into our brain, where it\u2019s processed, sequentially, by increasingly sophisticated neural layers. But we don\u2019t know how those signals are integrated into a smooth, continuous world picture, a flow of moments experienced by a roving locus of attention\u2014a \u201cwitness,\u201d as Hindu philosophers call it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ein ber\u00fchrender Gedanke:<\/p>\n
Jains believe that humans are special because, in our natural state, we are nearest to this experience of enlightenment. Among Earth\u2019s creatures, no other finds it so easy to see into the consciousness of a fellow being.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
M\u00e4keln muss ich allerdings doch: Zu vielen Aussagen im Artikel h\u00e4tte ich gerne die Forschungsquelle gehabt.<\/p>\n