Philosophy Haygon

1 bax unit 1 THE appearance OF RATIONALITY We are animals, but we have something that makes us totally different from all others: the ability to reason. Now, when does it arise? How do we begin to reason? Why? What is the function of reason? With With regard to the first question, it seems that everything begins about five million years ago. The land undergoes an important climatic change that modifies the habitats of many animals that lived adapted to them. This change transforms in very little time great extensions of forest and forest in others more similar to the present savannahs. Many animals are forced to migrate to more favorable areas for life. 5 million years ago there were still no humans on earth. On the other hand, a species now extinct of "monkeys" lived perfectly on the treetops. Climate change forced them to adapt or perish. But if climate change was deforesting the forests they inhabited, how could they survive? We come to the second and third questions:...