Before Koko, Washoe, and other apes first showed they possessed some facility with symbols, people spoke with reasonable confidence about what it was that separated humans from other animals. If there was disagreement about whether the difference was the ability to construct sentences, think symbolically, or create tools, at least there was broad agreement that there were intrinsic differences between human and animal intelligence. [...]
In this passage, the authors argues all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) there is no essential difference between human and animal intelligence.
(B) the reasoning used to support the idea of a fundamental difference between human and animal intelligence has been circular and therefore specious.
(C) the idea of a common biological ancestor for humans and other species predates Darwin.
(D) the traditional animal/human dichotomy is inconsistent with an evolutionary perspective.
(E) some scientific theories are consistent with fundamental religious doctrines.
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Hey it seems you have copy pasted the question you received in Daily verbal question to your email. I cannot see the entire Essay here to answer the question.
mehaksal wrote:Before Koko, Washoe, and other apes first showed they possessed some facility with symbols, people spoke with reasonable confidence about what it was that separated humans from other animals. If there was disagreement about whether the difference was the ability to construct sentences, think symbolically, or create tools, at least there was broad agreement that there were intrinsic differences between human and animal intelligence. [...]
In this passage, the authors argues all of the following EXCEPT:
(A) there is no essential difference between human and animal intelligence.
(B) the reasoning used to support the idea of a fundamental difference between human and animal intelligence has been circular and therefore specious.
(C) the idea of a common biological ancestor for humans and other species predates Darwin.
(D) the traditional animal/human dichotomy is inconsistent with an evolutionary perspective.
(E) some scientific theories are consistent with fundamental religious doctrines.
