Re: SUO: Re: Logic & Programming Languages
From: "Dickert, John" <JDickert@DTIC.MIL>
> My view is that most animal behavior is logical, not that animals are
being
> logical in their behavioral decisions.
Ok, so the logicalness of the behavior is just beauty in your eye.
> It is logical that the animal would seek water when it is thirsty, but the
> animal is not using logical reasoning to move from a sense of thirst to
its
> seeking of water. The same can be said for most animal survival patterns.
I think you put your finger on the distinction that I am trying to draw.
Behavior can be deemed logical by us, but our views of the matter are
irrelevant to the processes the animals (or humans) goes through to trigger
the behavior.
> There are separate issues when we deal with the procedure of why certain
> macaques started washing their rice.
Well that's obvious ... they reasoned:
pesticides kill (true reflection of reality)
pesticides are on rice (true reflection of reality)
I don't want to die (axiom)
I want to eat rice (given)
Wash the rice (modus ponens).
... works for me
Seth