Have you considered that a dog's "conceptual" system may be geared towards scent. I note that they tend to sniff and sniff around until they find just the right spot and I have read that wolves and other animals urinate to establish their territory.
Do they systematize their experiences differently than us? — Cavacava
There's a distinction between the intentionality and the composition of perception (or a painting). — Michael
I think we ignore things not because they don't fit into our concepts, but because they don't fit into the current goal we have.I think that if what we sensuously perceive does not fit into our concepts, we tend to ignore it because there is no place for it in our imagination. — Cavacava
Then why does my dog swim when in water? I swim when I'm in water, too. It seems to me that not only did we organize our experiences the same way (we're in water), but we even respond in the stimuli the same way.Animals organize their experiences differently from us, we seem to agree on that. — Cavacava
Animals organize their experiences differently from us, we seem to agree on that. — Cavacava
I think we ignore things not because they don't fit into our concepts, but because they don't fit into the current goal we have. It seems to me that things we don't understand,
Again, what governs how we form concepts?
So, without the concept of what a post is, then there is no post. In other words, when a two year-old, or someone that hasn't learned what an internet post is, looks at this screen and doesn't have the slightest idea of what they are looking at, then your post doesn't exist. Without the idea of what a post is, then there is/may be no post.I stated that without the concept or idea of what a tree is, there is/may be no tree. — Cavacava
So, without the concept of what a post is, then there is no post. In other words, when a two year-old, or someone that hasn't learned what an internet post is, looks at this screen and doesn't have the slightest idea of what they are looking at, then your post doesn't exist. Without the idea of what a post is, then there is/may be no post.
Here's the question you avoided:
If concepts were given to humans then that means they must have existed prior to humans..
Animals organize their experiences differently from us, we seem to agree on that. I also think they are conscious and have some limited capacity to learn, to be able construct learned reactions based on certain stimuli.
— Cavacava
So, when looking at a tree, are you aware of the tree or your mental representation of it. — Harry Hindu
It's like asking, "Are you aware of the word, or what the word refers to?" They are both separate things that are linked together by representation. Because it is a representation, you could say that by being aware of one as a representation, then you are aware of what it represents. — Harry Hindu
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