Hi Jon,
I predict that Eric is going to insist that behavior is necessarily at an instant. But carrying this principle out to its logical conclusion, I am not sure that being dead is not a behavior, or the limit of a behavior. Think for a moment about the baby rabbit that plays dead to escape the attentions of your cat. Playing dead is a behavior that spans time and includes becoming dead-like and seeming to come to life again. Let’s see what Eric actually says. N Nicholas Thompson Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology Clark University [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ From: Friam <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Jon Zingale Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 9:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Movement vs. Behavior, and what's in the Black Box Eric, I love that you brought Weekend at Bernie's into the discussion, wow, the 80's. I am not sure we must all agree that Bernie or the dead duck or the marionette are just moving because we may want to allow for transitions between domains of definition. Of course, we can all agree if you wish to fix some domain. Still, the live duck may be in a coma and opening the marionette may be necessary to rule out a mechanism. Even as Bernie is manipulated or as Tina fails to recognize Bernie as dead, his body continues to behave. Perhaps even just his gut fauna. Is it that we define behavior so that we can distinguish it from just moving? I could be ok with that as a starting point. Jonathan Zingale
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