Forum:Sentient v.s. Sapient

I believe there is a problem with our categorizations of species. In particular, we classify things as "sentient" when, it seems to me anyway, people are inadvertently referring to "sapience." I have seen creatures that, though clearly sentient, are not listed as sentient because the term has been interpreted as intelligence, not sensory perception. Sentience doesn't even require self-awareness. Sapience, on the other hand, is often described as consciousness, or the ability to reason. Sapience is generally the quality that would differentiate an intelligent species from animals.

Wikilinks for sapience and sentience respectively: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapience http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience

SO, shouldn't these categories be remade (and the distinction more clear)??? Thanks. mrobviousjosh 04:23, 21 June 2007 (UTC)