El pensamiento no tan humano de los animales y su vinculación con el lenguaje

Resumen

The not so human animal thinking and its relation to lenguaje

Many of the members of the scientific community have been intrigued by the debate pertaining to animals’ cognitive process in comparison and contrast to men. Ancient thinkers, such as Aristotle, could only argue positions from a philosophical aspect. The modern inclination, especially of ethologists, advocates animal thinking to be motivated by the vision of the father of biological evolution, Darwin. With the last intention of wanting to link humans with the evolution of lower animals, postulants in favor of animal thinking do not curtail studies and economic resources to support their heuristic propositions. A careful study of the essential components that make possible the genesis of thought and language and a consideration of the different schools that have postulated their theories in this vast field will give the necessary guidelines to determine the cognitive state of animals and its possibilities of using the articulated language congruent to humans.

Key words. Language, thought, Darwin, cognition, environment, culture, evolution, reasoning, mind, brain.