Different in degree or kind: toddlers best apes (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, May 19, 2016, 23:32 (2892 days ago) @ dhw

dhw: Nor am I. But I'm slightly surprised that you have included this under “Difference in degree or kind” and have left out the rest of the conclusion:
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> “The findings also suggest that humans and other great apes share a common, innate cognitive apparatus for understanding and manipulating the physical world.”
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> Not exactly difference in kind, then. - Of course we have the same apparatus which recognizes reality. It is like saying we both have cameras. There is nothing in that sentence which describes anything of the degree of thought each species puts into its recognition of reality. If we both accept common descent, we started with the same basic facilities the ape still has, and advanced so far beyond it we are different in kind..