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From what little I've seen about it so far, it looks
to me like some people actually believe dogs are not aware of themselves simply because they don't appear to recognise their reflection in a mirror. To me that only means they don't understand a mirror, and has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not they have a mental concept of themselves. The facts that they have a mental concept of their objects, their territory, their urine, their body, etc, are all indications that they have a mental concept of themselves, imo. The fact that they are aware of different individual beings is a very strong indication that they are aware of themselves as an individual also imo, especially when considered along with the fact that they have a mental concept of the other things they encounter. Question: Has anyone ever managed to get a dog to understand that it can see its reflection in a mirror, and if so, did it appear to experience a great revelation about its own existence at the instant it learned to do so? |
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