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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

10839	You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett]
	Full Idea: One could train a dog to bark only when a bell rang and a light shone without presupposing that it possessed the concept of conjunction.
	From: Michael Dummett (Truth [1959], p.235)