1. Self-awareness in animals
... to Griffin, (1982), self-awareness is the ability to be conscious of oneself in the context of recognising that you are a unique individual, and that it is you who is experiencing certain feelings, having certain thoughts, or being aware of certain objects. This opinion is largely undisputed when ... Descartes famous statement "I think, therefore I am." The implications of this are that due to an awareness of your own mental life you can be positive that you exist, but, lacking the same evidence about anyone, or anything else, it is possible to doubt the existence of everything but your...
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