For solutions, in general, one would have to be careful to see the animals' solutions, and not our filtered versions of them.
Actually, no, I don't think that's true. The purpose at hand is to somehow use animals in the development of my own identity, so removing myself from the process of understanding myself, removing all subjectivity, defeats the point. I say this not to disparage objectivity, but to criticize the idea of taking human beings out of the picture: refusing to anthropomorphize guarantees objectivity at the cost of the emptiness of behaviorism. On the opposite side, accepting anthropomorphization does not guarantee arbitrary understandings of animals, because these understandings must always be reconciled with the real animals.
Some also argue that apex predators have to be careful with their power...
Good point, but the relationship to power is still different in nature from that of any animal lower on the food chain.
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Re: Animals
Date: 2009-12-21 06:10 am (UTC)Actually, no, I don't think that's true. The purpose at hand is to somehow use animals in the development of my own identity, so removing myself from the process of understanding myself, removing all subjectivity, defeats the point. I say this not to disparage objectivity, but to criticize the idea of taking human beings out of the picture: refusing to anthropomorphize guarantees objectivity at the cost of the emptiness of behaviorism. On the opposite side, accepting anthropomorphization does not guarantee arbitrary understandings of animals, because these understandings must always be reconciled with the real animals.
Some also argue that apex predators have to be careful with their power...
Good point, but the relationship to power is still different in nature from that of any animal lower on the food chain.