tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38436816.post3092320364310637768..comments2024-01-21T14:29:38.613-08:00Comments on Dangerous Idea 2: Dogs, Squirrels, and attitudesVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38436816.post-3618864479408177722007-10-30T18:04:00.000-07:002007-10-30T18:04:00.000-07:00I should have said if EM were true, I wouldn't en...I should have said if EM were true, I wouldn't engage in talk about PA's. Inference is something the EMers believe in! I don't think you have to be conscious of an inference to make an inference. So you caould have PA's, make inferences, and not know that is what you are doing, not know anything about PA psychology. Like a monkey when it is reasoning about how to get that bananna, stacks the boxes, so it can reach the bananna even though it hasn't been in that situation before. It is making rational inference, but doesn't know that's what it is doing.Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38436816.post-52670731593762820122007-10-30T16:20:00.000-07:002007-10-30T16:20:00.000-07:00For this discussion I am just assuming EM is wrong...For this discussion I am just assuming EM is wrong, otherwise I wouldn't discussion propositional attitudes or inference. <BR/><BR/>I think monkeys engage in unconscious rational inference. I also think dogs have propositional attitudes. I am not sure how rational inference and propositional attitudes are related, or what you mean by rational inference. But I do think my dog has propositional attitudes (as do monkeys).Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.com