Well, we disagree fundamentally. And, I applaud the heavy handed use of condescension.
Logical propositions ("2+2=4 regardless of my certainty about it") seem a long way from necessary or sufficient to survival for animals. A fuzzy heatmap of "where is prey going" or "How many prey over there" is much closer to necessary and sufficient. The fact that measurements or senses can update those estimates is a long way from a logical deduction.
Something more like probability factor graph can do it, without the pernicious use of "concepts" or too much need for implication, which is sticky and overly rigorous.
That's all I have to say, and I doubt we'll find middle ground.
You can enumerate, all you wish, all the fuzzy judgements we need to make. This confirms a capacity for uncertain reasoning. It says nothing about the trivial and innumerable ways concepts compose both in content (imagine that A and-also B) and in logical relation (eg., imagine that not A and B).
The point of my "condescension" was to point out that people of your position are arguing from ignorance, with confirmation bias -- ie., having no study of animal intelligence, and only ever repeating what they know about their own study of irrelevant systems.
Your reply evidences this exactly. Zero engagement with any facts on the ground about actual animal intelligence. Are you really actually trying to account for animal intelligence, or as I have claimed twice now, are you only really wishing to maintain your ignorance of it, dismiss any analysis of it, and instead "confirm" that whatever you are aware of "must, presumably, apply".
Imagine being faced with such bad faith over and over and over again. It is like arguing with people who insist the world is flat, and when challenged, point to euclidean geometry and the flatness of the pavement under their feet. If I begin by anticipating such behaviour, you can see why.
Hey it's possible you're absolutely right, but our arguments have about equal value (none) because they are both presented as personal opinions with zero external support. I just had the decency to admit that up front.
Logical propositions ("2+2=4 regardless of my certainty about it") seem a long way from necessary or sufficient to survival for animals. A fuzzy heatmap of "where is prey going" or "How many prey over there" is much closer to necessary and sufficient. The fact that measurements or senses can update those estimates is a long way from a logical deduction.
Something more like probability factor graph can do it, without the pernicious use of "concepts" or too much need for implication, which is sticky and overly rigorous.
That's all I have to say, and I doubt we'll find middle ground.