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are feelings on things by an individual the identity of the individual.for example if someone was to say that they loved fishing.is it the love that loves the fishing.

jackles wrote:are feelings on things by an individual the identity of the individual.for example if someone was to say that they loved fishing.is it the love that loves the fishing.

Emotional feelings, desires, and somatosensory dispositions were sort of like the internal pre-language of organisms. Hunger tells the predator what the zebra or wildebeest means and spurs the behaviour to remedy the situation.

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yes i dont think there would be a difference in the feel of life a zebra has and say a gnu.or for that matter a lion.so i reckon living things all feel or have the same feeling of life which is the true identity of the animal and not the form that holds the feeling within it.the forms of animal life come and go to suite enviroment.but the feeling of life within the forms is always the same i reckon.

jackles wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:37 am yes i dont think there would be a difference in the feel of life a zebra has and say a gnu.or for that matter a lion.so i reckon living things all feel or have the same feeling of life which is the true identity of the animal and not the form that holds the feeling within it.the forms of animal life come and go to suite enviroment.but the feeling of life within the forms is always the same i reckon.

No, the feel of life must be different across species. In the case of the zebra and the lion, one is the target and the other is the predator. To the zebra, the bush is a dangerous place. To the lion, the bush is a good place to lay in wait. Their observations may be alike, but their sense of how to interpret their experience is markedly different.

The same is true within a species. Each observer has its own history of observations and interpretations. Not many would compare a tree to a poem, save Jimmy Joyce. Some may see a cake as something to eat. Others may see something to avoid. Some may see this forum as a place for learning. Others may see it as a place for intractable obstinacy.

No, there is a difference in the feel of life, both across species and within.