Psychology Quote by J. Wentzel van Huyssteen

“while the modern, human animal is capable of deep thought and, like its mammalian forebears, can nurture and play, it also is capable of…

— Edwin H Friedman

“thus animals without symbolic language may lack the ability humans have to deliberately think about the past and imagine the future.”

— David Christian

Human language appears to be a unique phenomenon, without significant analogue in the animal world.

— Noam Chomsky

If there is something I am arguing, it is a critique of science. Science has consistently denied the existence of consciousness other than human.…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

The uniqueness of humans has been claimed on many grounds, but most often because of our tool-making, culture, language, reason and morality. We have…

— Carl Sagan

“The advance of knowledge deludes us into thinking we are different from other animals, but our history shows that we are not.”

— John N. Gray

“I often think a person’s consciousness can grow more from gaining an insight into animals’ true essence than animals’ consciousness can grow from spending…

— Gordon Smith

Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.

— Malcolm De Chazal

We can truly see that consciousness is operating creatively even in biology, even in the evolution of species.

— Amit Goswami

“If the human species is differentiated from the beasts by the marvel of consciousness, then we enact our humanity and the very authenticity of…

— Lawrence L. Langer

For centuries, we in the West have thought of ourselves as rational animals whose mental capacities transcend our bodily nature. In this traditional view…

— George Lakoff

“We, through the cerebral cortex, add the consciousness, spirit and rationality, to this dolphin brained human body avatar. We control our destiny and this…

— Kevin Michel