A central claim by Hoerl & McCormack is that the temporal reasoning system is uniquely human. But why exactly? This commentary evaluates two possible options to justify the thesis that temporal reasoning is uniquely human, one based on considerations regarding agency and the other based on language. The commentary raises problems for both of these options.

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论时间推理系统的人类独特性

Hoerl & McCormack 的核心主张是时间推理系统是人类独有的。但究竟为什么呢？本评论评估了两种可能的选择，以证明时间推理是人类独有的论点，一种基于对代理的考虑，另一种基于语言。评论对这两种选择都提出了问题。