humanities.philosophy.objectivism

On Apr 3, 9:35 pm, Gordon Sollars wrote:

>In any event, we can
>say for him that he knows this or that.

Wow.


> He can expect to find the ball behind him when it is not.

Doesn't expectation imply the ability to reference, in the
abstract, a non-present, non-occuring event? Are you
saying my definition is wrong or that a dog does that?


> Jim, I hope your childhood was not so deprived that you never had a pet
> dog or cat. These (and many other animals) form expectations which can
> fail to be fulfilled.

"I'm depraved on account I'm deprived!"

As long as you're conjecturing, keep going. So what do
they conclude after an unfulfilled expectation and how
long can they hold onto that conclusion?


> And I don't see how acting as if a dog was there when a dog is not there
> can fail to qualify as wrong.

Then you've got plants in grow lights being wrong too. Is that it?


jk