2024-11-0920160924-649510.1007/s11023-016-9396-z2-s2.0-84975256689http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11023-016-9396-zhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/15360In this paper, I aim to show that McGinn's argument from analogy for the possibility of human cognitive closure survives the critique raised on separate occasions by Dennett and Kriegel. I will distinguish between linguistic and non-linguistic cognitive closure and argue that the analogy argument from animal non-linguistic cognitive closure goes untouched by the objection Dennett and Kriegel raises.Computer scienceArtificial intelligenceJournal Article1572-8641383247100003Q11998