timtyler comments on Why the beliefs/values dichotomy? - Less Wrong
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Incidentally, I did not claim that dogs can perform abstract thinking - I'm not clear on where you are getting that idea from.
You said that the dog had a belief that a bark is always followed by a poker prod. This posits separate entities and a way that they interact, which looks to me like abstract thought.
The definition of "abstract thought" seems like a can of worms to me.
I don't really see why I should go there.