cat Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date July 2, 2025 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , animal behavior, animal communication, animal languages, artificial inteligence, cats, communication, ethology, humans, kittens, National Geographic The Tao of Meow: Cats Mew Mostly for Humans Denyse O’Leary July 2, 2025 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 2 It might be smart to ask people who work with animals to interpret some of this first. Read More ›
pidgeon Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 5, 2016 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , __cedited, animal languages, Nature, pigeons, Research, Science Can Pigeons Read? Michael Egnor October 5, 2016 Evolution 6 Much of modern research on animal "language" reminds me of a remark by one of my favorite comedians. Read More ›
RockywebLARGE Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 28, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __cedited, animal languages, human speech, monkeys, nature, News, orangutan, Research, science An Orangutan “Speaks,” “Orates,” Engaging in “Conversation,” “Surprisingly Like Our Own”? David Klinghoffer July 28, 2016 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology 5 A case study in science media hype. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 18, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, animal communication, animal languages, bird vocalizations, complex structures, complexity, designators, finches, functional complexity, functional specificity, grammar, human language, language, metaphysical, Nature, signal Are Birdsongs Language? Michael Egnor July 18, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 7 Atheist mathematician Jeff Shallit insists that animals have language. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 12, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thought, animal languages, designators, ethology, human language, language, mimicry, semantic information, signal Do Animals Have Language? Michael Egnor July 12, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 7 Some animals, after sufficient training by human researchers, use signals that mimic language. But mimicry is not language itself. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 9, 2016 CategoriesPhilosophyScience Tagged , __edited, __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract reasoning, abstract thought, animal intelligence, animal languages, causality, human exceptionalism, human mind, human nature, language, logic, Nature Genetics, universals Is Your Cat Logical? Michael Egnor July 9, 2016 Philosophy, Science 6 Goodness gracious, this stuff never stops. Read More ›
