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Single Idea 2970

[filed under theme 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / f. Animal beliefs ]

Full Idea

Dogs surely have beliefs, and beliefs call for some concepts or other.

Gist of Idea

Dogs seem to have beliefs, and beliefs require concepts

Source

Michael Lockwood (Mind, Brain and the Quantum [1989], p.312)

Book Ref

Lockwood,Michael: 'Mind,Brain and the Quantum:The Compound 'I'' [Blackwell 1991], p.312

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The 4 ideas with the same theme [whether animals believe things]:

5801	A mouse hearing a piano played does not believe it, because it lacks concepts and understanding [Dretske]

8818	Defeasible reasoning requires us to be able to think about our thoughts [Pollock]

2970	Dogs seem to have beliefs, and beliefs require concepts [Lockwood]

4265	If an animal has beliefs, that implies not only that it can make mistakes, but that it can learn from them [Scruton]