humanities.philosophy.objectivism

In article <60a68ee9-26bf-487b-8616-
a1d93bdfdd0b@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, rumin8@ix.netcom.com says...
> On Apr 3, 9:35 pm, Gordon Sollars wrote:
>
> > He can expect to find the ball behind him when it is not.
>
> Doesn't expectation imply the ability to reference, in the
> abstract, a non-present, non-occuring event? Are you
> saying my definition is wrong or that a dog does that?

I am just telling you what I have seen dogs do. I have no idea what a
"non-occuring event" is, so I can't really answer your question.

Look, let's cut to the chase. I think that Darwin let us in on the fact
that there is no quantum gap in principle between animals and human
beings. What the exact functionality of every animal species is, I
don't pretend to know.
...
> As long as you're conjecturing, keep going. So what do
> they conclude after an unfulfilled expectation and how
> long can they hold onto that conclusion?

I have never made a study of this. I suspect there is a large
scientific literature about it, which would be far superior to any a
priori reasoning about the topic by either you or me.

> > And I don't see how acting as if a dog was there when a dog is not there
> > can fail to qualify as wrong.
>
> Then you've got plants in grow lights being wrong too. Is that it?

No, light is light from whatever source. It sets up no expectations for
disappointment in plants.

--
Gordon