COTTP wrote:

>> You need only interact with common pets to know that animals have
>> instincts, intellect, emotion, and can feel pain. I think that animals
>> also have souls.
>
> Stimulus response and independent intellect are two different things.
> Ever hear of Pavlov? As to a soul, I'm not even certain that we human
> beings possess such a thing.

Strutz is making what Ryle called a category error. But, before even
entering into philosophical debate, I would first have to ask Strutz to
define what a "soul" is and then provide objective evidence for its
existence. *Then* we would be in a position to debate whether animals also
have this property.

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