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animal intelligence

animal intelligence Animal intelligence refers to an animal’s capacity for knowing or cognitive activity.

Animal intelligence refers to an animal’s capacity for knowing or cognitive activity. In this historical usage, “intelligence” is a broader term than “intellect” and is readily applied to animals without limiting it only to conceptual thought.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Intellect (or Intelligence)” (Intellect).
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