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- From: michael@psych.toronto.edu (Michael Gemar)
- Subject: Re: Searle on animal consciousness
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.225850.18926@psych.toronto.edu>
- Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
- References: <1993Jan25.005814.12035@psych.toronto.edu> <1993Jan25.061353.4583@news.media.mit.edu> <erwin.728161566@trwacs>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:58:50 GMT
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- In article <erwin.728161566@trwacs> erwin@trwacs.fp.trw.com (Harry Erwin) writes:
- >I've been oblivious to this discussion up to now, but I'm not sure that
- >the data are as presented here.
- >
- >Central nervous systems of the chordate type are known from chordates,
- >and tunicate larvae and are strongly suspected in primitive hemichordates
- >(Pikaia).
- >
- >Plants and unicellular eucaryotes have the power of movement to some
- >degree.
- >
- >Taxonomy has to do with reproductive isolation, which can be behavioral
- >and locational in addition to genetic.
- >
- >Apes are known to be conscious.
- >
- >So where is the evidence that evolution is discontinuous?
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- Well, the stuff life evolved out of certainly wasn't conscious. Isn't
- *this* a discontinuity?
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- - michael
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