Introduction
“Cogito ergo sum” is one of Descartes famous philosophical ideas, utilized for arguing the humans’ sense of reasoning. Implicitly, the theory also claims that only humans are capable of reasoning, because reasoning describes their existence, and not that of other beings. In other words, only humans are gifted with the quality of thinking rationally, while the animals, birds, insects or any other form of living organism is not capable of reasoning. The main objection to this argument is that reasoning is a characteristic that defines not only humans, but also other living organisms, which possess the ability to think, Continue reading...