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Originally Posted by dellgines
The difference between people and animals is in the ability of people to think about thought and the ability to think abstractly. Animals do not have this ability. Animals can learn, have personalities and other individualistic characteristics but they can not think about thought. In other words they are a lower conscious, they have no ability to be self-reflecting, and this is what a primary definition of 'personhood' is.
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I agree with Scots Chick there, you can't prove that animals do not have higher brain function nor that they are incapable of abstract thought. Also, humans come under the class of 'animals', so if animals are unable to have abstrat thought, then shouldn't we be unable?