Friday, February 8, 2008
Discourse on Method-Section 5-Continued-My Response to Humans and Animals Similarities and Differences
Continuing Section 5, Descartes also makes similarities and differences betweeen animals and humans, through their respiratory system. He goes on to describe how blood flows through the vena cava, and blood flowing through the heart, and he compares the flowing of blood throughout the body through the veins as trees with limbs, he later on goes to describe the differences between the flowing of blood through humans and the flowing of blood through the animals, and the similarities that animals and humans have in the way of senses. However, Descarte mentions that were are the complete same as the animals, but some animals have the skills as such Humans. My response to this part of the section is that Descarte is right. My reasons for saying he is right because some of the things he says about animals and humans having some of the same skill is because of animals and humans having a machine and our machines sometimes working in the same way.I found another similiarity is that Animals and Humans are similar because they both work on clocks, however animals work on the clock of nature, and we work on the clock of time, however, we still work on the clock of nature as well, if I can use the phrase "biological clocks." Although, section 5 was difficult to interpret in my opinion I enjoyed reading Descarte conceptions on the body of the universe, the body of animals, and human beings.
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andrew, i agree with you. animals and humans are similiar in the way the body works, and the way we live. how animals run on "natures clock" and we run on "time" they are all similar and resemble eachother in those ways, but then human and animals can be totally opposites in the thinking and acting process.
Descartes also states that humans and animals are completely different from each other because of their souls. We also seem to have "intelligence" because we can communicate with one another and they cannot.
I disagree with jimmy because i believe that animals are able to communicate. Eventhough we dont understand their language, there has to be communication between them. Think if how we get around, by communicating, animals have to do the same.
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