How to measure the level of consciousness of an animal

Very interesting question.

Animals are certainly conscious, especially the species that live in groups among the higher animals, and without consciousness, individuals cannot coordinate their behavior in groups.

But animal consciousness cannot be measured by a uniform standard! For example, if a piece of meat is placed in front of them, the carnivore will be excited, while the herbivore will be indifferent, and if the animal is trained and guided from an early age, it will inevitably impose our human values and communication methods on the animal, just like training a bird to speak, and the words that come out of their mouths may not be able to express the true feelings of the animal itself.

Even if animals do not live up to what we perceive to be the outward manifestation of consciousness, it does not mean that they are not intelligent, because as already said, there is no standard between us and other animals that can be put together and compared.

Animals themselves also have language, but the structure of the vocal organs is different, so that they can not have complex language like humans, but they can communicate through other sensory functions, making up for the lack of oral language, for example, dogs can communicate information through urine, but we can't, but we can't because we can't use smell to transmit information, it means that our intelligence is not as good as dogs, don't you say?

The key to measuring an animal's level of consciousness is to see if the animal is self-aware. Observe the animal's attitude towards itself in the mirror, if the animal thinks that the self in the mirror is another animal, it means that the animal is not self-aware, if the image in the animal mirror is itself, it means that the animal is self-aware.

Yes"Control variable method"As for the specific content, you can take a look at the explanations of other netizens.

Consciousness is the product of the processing of information by the thinking subject. Consciousness cannot be generated without the subject of thought and the activity of thinking. The thinking subject is a substance that can actively manipulate information (such as collecting, transmitting, storing, extracting, deleting, comparing, screening, discriminating, arranging, classifying, disguised, transforming, integrating, expressing, etc.).

The main body of thinking is not only animals (such as humans) formed by natural evolution, but also artificial intelligence products that are gradually developed and improved.

Information is the phenomenon and appearance of things that can be recognized by the thinking subject, and it is the object of operation of thinking activities. The consciousness generated by thinking activities is stored, expressed, and transmitted in the form of information, and the essence of consciousness transmission is information transmission. Consciousness often becomes the basis for the thinking subject to carry out the next step of thinking.

The production of consciousness requires energy, and the existence and propagation of consciousness requires a medium (matter), in short, the existence of consciousness is dependent on matter. Consciousness is often not the same thing as the phenomena of its material carrier itself. Leaving aside the factor of carrier, consciousness does not occupy space, while material existence occupies space, which is the fundamental difference between consciousness and matter.

Because the thinking subject may undergo various variations in information when it obtains and processes information, the content of consciousness may not necessarily truly reflect objective things, and consciousness may transcend objective things, or it may be a distorted reflection of objective things.

Self-awareness is a type of consciousness that young children and animals (generally within 2 years of age) do not have.

As a simple example, when babies and animals find themselves in the mirror, some of them will play with the mirror or be startled, etc.

Instead of: "I'm good." This shows that the child's self-consciousness has not yet been formed, and the animal does not have the social environment to form an ideology.

Consciousness is so far an incomplete and vague concept. It is generally believed to be a person's ability to perceive the environment and self, as well as the clarity of cognition. Researchers have not yet been able to give a precise definition of it.

Now, the easiest thing to do scientific research on the concept of consciousness is in the aspect of awareness. For example, someone is aware of something, someone is aware of the self. Sometimes, "awareness" has become synonymous with "awareness", and they can even be interchangeable.

At present, there are still many questions and doubts about the nature of consciousness, such as self-awareness. The study of the concept of consciousness has now become the object of multidisciplinary research. The disciplines involved in the problem of consciousness include cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology, computer science, sociology, philosophy, etc.

The study of consciousness from different perspectives in these areas is very helpful in clarifying the issue of consciousness.

From the philosophy I have learned so far: consciousness is the product of the development of the material world to a certain stage, and the essence of consciousness is the reflection of objective existence [in the human brain].

Pure animal psychology does not spontaneously produce consciousness. Consciousness arises together with human society. Consciousness is the inevitable product of social labor, language, and the human brain, and in this sense, we say that consciousness is a product of society.

At this point, you should know that since consciousness is a product of the human brain, strictly speaking, cats and dogs have no consciousness.

However, [the original consciousness] can basically be summarized into four types: the desire to survive, the desire to reproduce, the desire to be a group, and the desire to transplant. It is a commonality of human and animal consciousness.

So they have original consciousness ... I think that the general understanding of human nature is actually reflected in people's minds, and the feeling of two people looking at the same dog will have different descriptions, that is, consciousness has different reflections in different people's brains.

Is consciousness peculiar to people? Do animals have any?

The truth of consciousness will be revealed! Not all living things are conscious, and humans are different from animals.

Philosophically animals are unconscious, only humans are conscious, and the so-called seemingly intelligent actions of animals are based on their instincts.

Animals have no consciousness, and consciousness is a product of the human brain. Ma Zhe said, find Marx and Engels to match the line.

At this stage, there are no studies to prove that animals are conscious.

There must be this, because sometimes animals have more feelings than people.

Yes, they have simple intelligence.

Yes, otherwise how would they survive?

The understanding of consciousness in modern psychology is divided into two senses: broad and narrow. The concept of consciousness in a broad sense holds that consciousness is the totality of psychological phenomena given to reality, and is a subjective phenomenon of personal direct experience, which is manifested as the unity of knowledge, emotion, and intention. The narrow concept of consciousness refers to the degree to which people are aware of and concerned about the outside world and themselves.

According to the different levels of consciousness (the degree of consciousness), consciousness can be divided into subconscious and explicit consciousness.

The subconscious mind is a kind of consciousness that is not explicitly realized by the subject, and it is a kind of inner conscious activity that the subject itself is unconscious.

It is often and abundantly manifested as instinctive desires and impulses, prior consciousness stored in the brain through memory and heredity, unconscious emotional experiences and emotional attitudes, involuntary mental activities, mental activities in a state of conscious loss of control during nightmares or dreams, and pathological psychological phenomena caused by physical and mental disorders.

Conscious consciousness is the consciousness that people are consciously aware of and controlled by purpose, which is manifested as people's directed psychology, conscious reflection, active cognition, active thinking, purposeful thinking, and reflective conceptual activities. Conscious consciousness itself contains different levels and levels, which can be divided into empirical consciousness, rational consciousness and irrational consciousness.

There are four levels of consciousness in people, which one do you mean?

The first is visual focus awareness. This refers to the attention of people or animals, and the second is marginal consciousness.

The third is subconscious.

The fourth type of non-consciousness is also called unconscious.

Animals are inherently conscious.

If all the animals were intelligent, it is estimated that the whole world will fight endlessly.

Is consciousness peculiar to people? Do animals have any?

The truth of consciousness will be revealed! Not all living things are conscious, and humans are different from animals.

Higher animals are conscious, lower animals are not, higher animals are probably vertebrates, but in fact, there is no clear boundary between higher animals and lower animals, and various organs are more mature animals.

Absolutely. If animals are not conscious, then they are no different from death. For example, if a mouse is unconscious and does not feel pain, then it can only become prey for cats.

If they don't feel the cold, they'll freeze to death. If this continues, they will be extinct long ago. So, animals are conscious.

Both Darwin and Gallup have experimented with the consciousness of orangutans, and the result is that they can recognize themselves in the mirror, so the orangutans are self-conscious, that is, existential consciousness.

There is a sense of simple thinking. Human beings, on the other hand, have a higher level of thinking consciousness and are constantly discovering their potential. The sunflower will turn its face plate with the movement of the sun.

To say that animals only have instinct is not to understand animals, and not to have carefully and deeply observed all kinds of animals! Animals not only have instincts, but they also have their own consciousness just like humans!

There is no consciousness of how to distinguish food. How can a group be formed without consciousness. People, too, are animals.

Consciousness is a manifestation of an intelligent being. Instinct is inherited little by little over tens of millions, hundreds of millions of years. All smart passwords are in your so-called brain.

I once saw a cat crossing the street when it accelerated, and there was a car on the opposite side. Does this count as self-awareness???

In fact, human beings have not yet figured out where the consciousness of human beings comes from. Naturally, it is impossible to know whether animals are conscious or not.

First of all, the four great Marxist philosophies of high school politics tell us that animals have no consciousness, and there is nothing wrong with answering questions in the college entrance examination for the time being.

Secondly, the great Mayi philosophy tells us that truth is conditional, and that any truth has its own range of conditions for application....Please see the picture for details).

Third, the great Marx and Engels are creatures of the 19th century, and you can tell your classmates that don't quarrel, and that working together to promote educational reform is really a constructive behavior

Finally, I personally think that the lack of consciousness in animals is a lack of knowledge of the greatest nature, but how can we say that nature is greater than Marxist philosophy?

No, the understanding of human nature of animals cannot be counted in the category of consciousness! They have simple reflexes, habitual movements, and are not able to think for themselves.

Consciousness is perhaps nature's greatest mystery. If you think about it, consciousness is a state that enables us to recognize our surroundings and our inner being. But thinking about what consciousness is, we often can't tear it apart, and we all intuitively know what consciousness is.

That's probably what we're going through all the time.

It is impossible for an animal to be unconscious, those who have raised an animal must have feelings, and an animal has the consciousness of the animal itself.

You can't always say what the political textbook says is right.

The definition of Marxist-Leninist philosophy: consciousness is the product of matter, the function of the human brain, and the reflection of matter. According to the second term of the definition, it is impossible for an animal to be conscious because animals do not have a human brain.

This definition is obviously strongly subjectively arbitrary of modernism, and it is difficult to convince people.

If consciousness is the possession of rational logical thinking and creative thinking, a variety of feelings, varying degrees of willpower, and a conscience that distinguishes between right and wrong, good and evil, then of course only human beings have consciousness; Animals have only functions that resemble the rudiments of consciousness.

The landlord must have just been a sophomore in high school.

After serving you, you can be so serious in politics class.

Maybe it's the mind, the ability to control it, something like that.

To put it simply, consciousness is the reflection of objective things in the human brain. It must be a human brain, not an animal brain, this is stipulated by Marxism, and we cannot do anything about it. Concise enough.

First of all, the fact that a sparrow is holding a petal is an animal's instinct, not an animal's self-consciousness, because the simplest way to evaluate whether or not it has a self-opinion is whether it can distinguish between me and others. Second, it has always been believed that self-consciousness is unique to humans, but many higher mammals have developed since then, but it has yet to be further proven. (It's been a long time since I've read the literature and don't know the latest developments.)

In the end, what people do subconsciously has less to do with the subconscious and more to do with our habits. One of the characteristics of human behavior is that they are naturally lazy, so if some behaviors are done too much, they will quickly become fixed and become behavioral likes and reaction patterns, without being affected by consciousness. Adopt it.