The bees’ dance is an effective system of communication for bees. but
unlike human language, In the seventeenth century, the philosopher and mathematician René Descartes
pointed out that the communication systems of animals are qualitatively
different from the language used by humans:
It is a very remarkable fact that there are none so depraved and stupid,
without even excepting idiots, that they cannot arrange different words
together, forming of them a statement by which they make known their
thoughts; while, on the other hand, there is no other animal, however
perfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can do the same.
Descartes goes on to state that one of the major differences between humans
and animals is that human use of language is not just a response to external,
or even internal, stimuli, as are the sounds and gestures of animals. He warns
against confusing human use of language with “natural movements which betray
passions and may be . . . manifested by animals.”
To hold that animals communicate by systems qualitatively different from
human language systems is not to claim human superiority. Humans are not
inferior to the one-celled amoeba because they cannot reproduce by splitting
in two; they are just different sexually. They are not inferior to hunting dogs,
whose sense of smell is far better than that of human animals. As we will discuss
in the next chapter, the human language ability is rooted in the human brain,
just as the communication systems of other species are determined by their biological
structure. All the studies of animal communication systems, including
those of primates, provide evidence for Descartes’ distinction between other animal
communication systems and the linguistic creative ability possessed by the
human animal.
The bees’ dance is an effective system of communication for bees. butunlike human language, In the seventeenth century, the philosopher and mathematician René Descartespointed out that the communication systems of animals are qualitativelydifferent from the language used by humans:It is a very remarkable fact that there are none so depraved and stupid,without even excepting idiots, that they cannot arrange different wordstogether, forming of them a statement by which they make known theirthoughts; while, on the other hand, there is no other animal, howeverperfect and fortunately circumstanced it may be, which can do the same.Descartes goes on to state that one of the major differences between humansand animals is that human use of language is not just a response to external,or even internal, stimuli, as are the sounds and gestures of animals. He warnsagainst confusing human use of language with “natural movements which betraypassions and may be . . . manifested by animals.”To hold that animals communicate by systems qualitatively different fromhuman language systems is not to claim human superiority. Humans are notinferior to the one-celled amoeba because they cannot reproduce by splittingin two; they are just different sexually. They are not inferior to hunting dogs,whose sense of smell is far better than that of human animals. As we will discussin the next chapter, the human language ability is rooted in the human brain,เพียงแค่เป็นการสื่อสาร ระบบพันธุ์อื่น ๆ จะถูกกำหนด โดยทางชีวภาพของโครงสร้างการ ศึกษาทั้งหมดของระบบสื่อสารของสัตว์ รวมทั้งบรรดา primates แสดงหลักฐานสำหรับ Descartes' ความแตกต่างระหว่างสัตว์อื่น ๆระบบการสื่อสารและสามารถสร้างสรรค์ภาษาศาสตร์ที่มอบหมายสัตว์มนุษย์
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