(February 26, 2016 at 1:55 pm)Crossless1 Wrote:That's actually taken from the definition.(February 26, 2016 at 1:40 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: If by "problem-solving" you mean logical, rational, and analytic thought, then yes.
"Rational" is just a restatement of "reason" so that's much help.
(February 26, 2016 at 1:55 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: What I'm getting at is whether reason, to you, necessarily involves symbolic thought or just problem-solving? Other species, after all, exhibit problem-solving intelligence. Do they have souls?
Computers have the ability to problem solve, yet they can't reason... you know, the whole "Cogito ergo sum" thing