tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post4319825052940488887..comments2023-08-20T07:28:03.213-07:00Comments on doc nagel explains at most several things: do cats live in worlds?Doc Nagelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07240297041650481905noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post-85798635886650879922011-09-05T22:08:46.983-07:002011-09-05T22:08:46.983-07:00I don't think Arthur needs meds, other than th...I don't think Arthur needs meds, other than the occasional binge of self-medication (i.e., catnip). I think he's just a crank.Doc Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07240297041650481905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post-11702196355927281272011-09-05T21:45:09.914-07:002011-09-05T21:45:09.914-07:00I am simply a housewife with animals. My cat star...I am simply a housewife with animals. My cat started to behave as yours did until I got him on Prozac- seriously. She is now a sweet loving cat, who only cries for food, water, litter change, or brushing. <br /><br />Just a thought. Animals are very much like humans. :) For example, my dog, who has always been so gentle and kind for years (he is 11 years old), just recently started to changeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257004940114101425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post-61952893465646985392011-08-25T11:04:55.836-07:002011-08-25T11:04:55.836-07:00Whut?Whut?Doc Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07240297041650481905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post-69350979046019244222011-08-25T10:54:07.514-07:002011-08-25T10:54:07.514-07:00I think that it's just like with people: they ...I think that it's just like with people: they live in a constituted world more or less, depending on the individual, which is to say some do, and others just aren't paying any @#$%ing attention.Bobo the Wandering Pallbearerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387407541926810298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post-43856818943323442782011-08-25T10:00:21.550-07:002011-08-25T10:00:21.550-07:00Maybe we do falsely deny certain kinds of thought ...Maybe we do falsely deny certain kinds of thought and comprehension to non-human animals. The communication gap between us is impossible to cross on that level. But I think we can infer some things. Cat calls lack grammar, in particular a generative grammar, so from a linguistics point of view, we have to say that they <i>don't</i> have language.<br /><br />The philosophical question in that Doc Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07240297041650481905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post-2808123325128958702011-08-25T08:20:07.781-07:002011-08-25T08:20:07.781-07:00I think that their world and their language (yes, ...I think that their world and their language (yes, I believe that they DO have a language) is so completely alien and incomprehensible to humans that we automatically assume that they have neither. For one thing, we forget that their perceptions of the world are completely different than ours - they don't see things the same as us, they don't hear the same as us, they don't even smellXinanoreply@blogger.com