It is however Descartes’ ‘Cogito ero sum’ or ‘I think therefore I am’ that is most readily pulled into question. Kohn primarily draws upon various existing anthropological concepts, such as the significance of humans as ‘complex wholes,’ a concept put forward by E. B. Tylor (1871). According to Kohn, humans are indeed in many ways unique, with the example of our ability to recognise symbols. However, through further exploration of semiotic dynamic, Kohn also continuously points out two other forms of representation: index and sign. Kohn believes that these forms of representation can also be applicable beyond the human, to animals and plants. Ergo, it is because of this symbolic identification that non-humans are also able to obtain the notion of
It is however Descartes’ ‘Cogito ero sum’ or ‘I think therefore I am’ that is most readily pulled into question. Kohn primarily draws upon various existing anthropological concepts, such as the significance of humans as ‘complex wholes,’ a concept put forward by E. B. Tylor (1871). According to Kohn, humans are indeed in many ways unique, with the example of our ability to recognise symbols. However, through further exploration of semiotic dynamic, Kohn also continuously points out two other forms of representation: index and sign. Kohn believes that these forms of representation can also be applicable beyond the human, to animals and plants. Ergo, it is because of this symbolic identification that non-humans are also able to obtain the notion of