The opposite extreme from anthropormorphic thinking is thinking
that we are not like other animals. In particular, it is wrong to
think that humans have no instincts,
that all adult behaviors are learned or follow from the exercise
of reason and desire, and that desire and instinct have nothing in
common.
Scientists claim that when babies use the same phonemes to
mean different things they are expressing a language instinct that
distinguishes humans from other primates. In my opinion, this,
too, will eventually be considered anthropocentric.
The opposite extreme from anthropormorphic thinking is thinking that we are not like other animals. In particular, it is wrong to think that humans have no instincts, that all adult behaviors are learned or follow from the exercise of reason and desire, and that desire and instinct have nothing in common.
Scientists claim that when babies use the same phonemes to mean different things they are expressing a language instinct that distinguishes humans from other primates. In my opinion, this, too, will eventually be considered anthropocentric.
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