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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / f. Animal beliefs

8818	Defeasible reasoning requires us to be able to think about our thoughts [Pollock]
	Full Idea: Defeasible reasoning requires us to be able to think about our thoughts.
	From: John L. Pollock (Epistemic Norms [1986], 'Cog.Mach')
	A reaction: This is why I do not think animals 'know' anything, though they seem to have lots of true beliefs about their immediate situation.