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Does the fact that many non-human animals have pituitary disprove Cartesian Dualism?
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RE: Does the fact that many non-human animals have pituitary disprove Cartesian Dualism?
(June 21, 2023 at 12:14 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(June 21, 2023 at 10:52 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: But it does make the anti-vegan claim "Only human beings have souls, other animals don't feel pain." look pretty baseless, doesn't it?

I think the best way to disprove the notion that animals don’t feel pain is to look at an animal in pain.

Boru

Well, it is hard to tell what's a response to pain and what's a reflex. There is considerable debate whether fish feel pain or whether insects feel pain, even though they obviously have reflexes.
As far as I can tell, most neuroscientists think all the mammals except naked mole rats, all the birds, and perhaps octopuses feel pain, and that other animals don't.
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RE: Does the fact that many non-human animals have pituitary disprove Cartesian Dualism? - by FlatAssembler - June 21, 2023 at 12:58 pm

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