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This is kind of trivially obvious, confirmed by every human sense having a different response curve than other animals, different species being able to deal wit
by h4nkoslo 10y ago
This is kind of trivially obvious, confirmed by every human sense having a different response curve than other animals, different species being able to deal with different abstractions (eg, certain dogs being able to recognize conditionals but not predicates) and so on.
I have to wonder if he's doing a Straussian thing and "really" talking about selected-for responses to certain obvious truths particularly relevant to evolutionary biologists.
- Darge 10y ago>certain dogs being able to recognize conditionals but not predicates Could you elaborate on that, please? That sounds very interesting, but I couldn't find anything on my own.
- wahern 10y agoTry Googling for "Chrysippus' dog". That, at least, brings up hits like http://my.fit.edu/~aberdein/DogLogic.pdf http://my.fit.edu/~aberdein/DogLogic.pdf. Just reading that paper made me realize that there were at least two dimensions in which the statement "different species being able to deal with different abstractions (eg, certain dogs being able to recognize conditionals but not predicates)" could be be misinterpreted. Assuming you were looking (as was I) for experimental evidence supporting that specific statement, I'm guessing we'll both be disappointed. But maybe not!