https://popups.lib.uliege.be/2984-0317/index.php?id=1489 Evidences tend to prove that out of the human being, only the great apes like chimpanzees and orang-utans show self-recognition and have a self-concept. This short note discusses two positions about this issue. First, Gallup uses a mark test with his apes and concludes that they were able of self-directed behavior in presence of a mirror. Second, Heyes thinks that the results of Gallup are the consequence of an anaesthetic recovery and claims self-recognition (so defined) is an artifact of this anaesthetization. This short note tries to analyse this polemic by confronting the different arguments. Numéros en texte intégral Volume 18, fascicule 1 Séminaires fr Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:21:01 +0100 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:21:10 +0100 https://popups.lib.uliege.be/2984-0317/index.php?id=1489 0