Minds Without Words Do Not Self Report
A bat simply knows when a cat's on the mat
No doubt can enter while being perceived
The bat need not know the fact that they do
For that takes thinking about what's already believed
Bats directly sense both the cat and the mat
They need not tell us that's true
We can figure that out and all by ourselves
Reports from the subject here must be eschewed
'Cause there's no such a thing as a bat that can talk
As a means to confirm what we say
About what's going on in the mind of a bat
Yet we certainly know anyway
That things such as words don't belong in the mouth
Of a bat or a cat or a shrew
There's no possible way to know what it's like
To be any of the three so I bid adieu
To misguided approaches about what they think
The animals that have no wordplay
Before you can say to another you know
You must first have something to say
No doubt can enter while being perceived
The bat need not know the fact that they do
For that takes thinking about what's already believed
Bats directly sense both the cat and the mat
They need not tell us that's true
We can figure that out and all by ourselves
Reports from the subject here must be eschewed
'Cause there's no such a thing as a bat that can talk
As a means to confirm what we say
About what's going on in the mind of a bat
Yet we certainly know anyway
That things such as words don't belong in the mouth
Of a bat or a cat or a shrew
There's no possible way to know what it's like
To be any of the three so I bid adieu
To misguided approaches about what they think
The animals that have no wordplay
Before you can say to another you know
You must first have something to say
Comments (9)
What it means when you pick up the lead.
And can well be deceived by what is perceived
Through perceptions it's learned how to read.
:smile:
But the dog doesn't read books oh no it cannot
For like cats a dog has no words
It's reading what's happening what's going on
To impune propositional attitude's absurd
A dogs belief is just not linguistic you see
It can be like an expectation
For when we open the food bin it knows
She then jumps around in exhaltation
:wink:
:smile:
Noice.
A dog chased a hare down a path so bent
Until it came to a three way division
It loped one way sniffing for the telltale scent
That would unveil the way the wily hare went
Detecting nothing he sniffed down the next
with still nothing detected, and unperplexed
He ran down the last, without care or deduction
while concerning the hare he remained unvexed
A word we've not yet had to speak
'Cause when describing belief of the wordless
It misleads to get in that deep
For one without words cannot think about thoughts
They lack what it takes to do so
Isolating one's own mental ongoings
Is language being used ya know
My cats without words do expect to be fed
They meet me when I return home
Purring and pushing their body to leg
They lead me straight to their bowl
This shows their belief beyond any doubt
They expect to me to do what I do
Their not looking for food they want the treats
That expectation when met becomes true
Thanks. Just piddling...