La Mettrie believed that if Descartes had consistently and thoroughly followed his own method, he would have concluded that:?

a. ?nonhuman animals have minds just as humans do
b. ?nonhuman animals have innate ideas just as humans do
c. ?both human and nonhuman animals are machines
d. ?intelligence and brain size are highly correlated


ANSWER:
c

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