Rene Descartes - Machines, Animals, and Rational Beings (Discourse pt. 5) - Philosophy Core Concepts

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This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker.
This Core Concept video focuses on Rene Descartes' work The Discourse on Method, specifically on his discussion in part 5 of whether a machine could be developed that would pass for a human being. In the process of examining this question, he outlines how animals and machines differ from rational human beings. This involves the capacity to use language in a distinctly human manner.
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