In his argument about whether the rabbit and fox are disgreeing as to the rabbit's proper place, Eliezer says "The rabbit is just eating grass, like a rock rolls downhill and like hot air rises." While not wanting to support the idea that rabbit and fox maintain separate "should-like" intellectual constructs on Bugs' fate, the rabbit's actions are quite distinct from the re-actions of the rock or hot air. The rock's and gas' actions are entirely determined by the circumstances in which they (do not) find themselves.
The nervous system which partially comprises the rabbit gives it the possibility of choosing, admittedly within fairly strict constraints, whether and when it eats... (read more)
In his argument about whether the rabbit and fox are disgreeing as to the rabbit's proper place, Eliezer says "The rabbit is just eating grass, like a rock rolls downhill and like hot air rises." While not wanting to support the idea that rabbit and fox maintain separate "should-like" intellectual constructs on Bugs' fate, the rabbit's actions are quite distinct from the re-actions of the rock or hot air. The rock's and gas' actions are entirely determined by the circumstances in which they (do not) find themselves.
The nervous system which partially comprises the rabbit gives it the possibility of choosing, admittedly within fairly strict constraints, whether and when it eats... (read more)