Does Man Differ in Kind or Degree? (1957)

About this film

This program is directed to a logical presentation of the issue of how man differs from other things, either in kind or only in degree. In this program, Dr. Adler defines what is meant by difference in kind and degreethe biologists conception of species and the philosophers conception of species. He concludes with the questions: How does man differ from other animals, really and essentially in kind or only in degree? Or only apparently in kind? (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)

Directors & creators

KGO-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Philosophy, Mortimer Adler, Great Ideas, Human Nature, Evolution, Charles Darwin, René Descartes, Logic, Difference in Kind, Difference in Degree, Rationality, Species, Biology, Philosophical Anthropology, Mind and Body, Animal Intelligence, Reason, Human Uniqueness, Taxonomy, 17th Century Philosophy, Natural History, Metaphysics

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