Citation
Kiley-Worthington, Marthe (2019) Anthropomorphism is the first step. Animal Sentience 23(30)
Thread
Colin A. Chapman and Michael A. Huffman, Why do we want to think humans are different?
Abstract
Individuals have intentions, beliefs and choices. This sense of “personhood” has been known and used for centuries by those who have dealt professionally with any nonhuman mammal. All mammals have a lot in common physically and mentally. The first step toward understand another species’ point of view is anthropomorphism.
DOI
10.51291/2377-7478.1408
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