Craig, It would be proper to say - "I think my cat sees a bird". The key being, "I think".
Micah [Micah] > you were describing what you thought [your cats] were thinking, essentially "thinking" for them. Start with a simpler example: my cat is doing what I call (correctly or incorrectly) "seeing a bird". Q1) Does the cat see anything? A1) Yes, it is not blind. Q2) Does it see a bird? A2) Well, it sees something rather than nothing & the something it sees is a bird, not something else. Q3) Does it see the bird AS a bird? A3) Probably not. Q4) So then it isn't seeing a bird as I do when I see a bird. A4) Right. My cat sees a bird like cats do when they see a bird, not like I/we do when I/we see a bird. Q5) So shouldn't you specifically say "My cat sees a bird like cats do when they see a bird" & not "My cat sees a bird like I do when I see a bird"? A5) But why can't "My cat sees a bird" mean the same thing as the former, since I never use it to mean the latter? When I hold my cat up to the mirror, it sees a cat & not a bird. Which brings us to (a rephrasing of) the original question: does it see a different cat or itself? Craig moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
