Reinhard Brandt
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Reinhard Brandt

Reinhard Brandt, born in 1937, is professor emeritus of Philosophy at Marburg University. He was a visiting lecturer in Bloomington, Canberra, Munich, Padua and Rome. His works forcuses on the philosophy of the Enlightenment, especially Kant's, philosophy of law, aesthetics, anthropology and image theory, human thought and cognition (Aristotle, Kant).
Reinhard Brandt, born in 1937, is professor emeritus of Philosophy at Marburg University. He was a visiting lecturer in Bloomington, Canberra, Munich, Padua and Rome. His works forcuses on the philosophy of the Enlightenment, especially Kant's, philosophy of law, aesthetics, anthropology and image theory, human thought and cognition (Aristotle, Kant).

PUBLICATIONS

Are Animals Capable of Thought?
Year of Publication: 2009
Reinhard BrandtYear of Publication: 2009
The age old question of whether animals are capable of thought has yet to be answered convincingly. This is due to the unresolved issue of what exactly counts as »thought« and how humans came to be capable of it.


The oldest answers involved a god or divine language creator that endowed humans with the gift of speech. These answers were countered with a naturalistic theory for genesis of...