tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post1380440314017533944..comments2024-03-24T20:50:06.083-04:00Comments on Lessons in Psychology: Freedom, Liberation, and Reaction: The Problem of Other Possible PersonsWynn Schwartz, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03689137521075228568noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post-82745405286089738162013-07-01T13:22:26.769-04:002013-07-01T13:22:26.769-04:00Here's a very quick answer. When I watch, and ...Here's a very quick answer. When I watch, and I have done this for hours at a time, the behavior of tarantulas, I am fascinated but rarely surprised. When I watch my two dogs play, depending on what they are up to, I might be amused, but they often surprise me. The short answer is that candidates for personhood look like they improvise as they go about their lives, whereas the entities that don't appear highly stereotyped in their behavior. The behavior of my candidates for personhood are less predictable in their behavior than the entities that I believe are "obviously not-a-person". The greater the capacity for Deliberate Action, the less I can predict what will follow. And of course if it looks like they are talking to each other I am even more interested that they might be one of us. Wynn Schwartz, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03689137521075228568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547886101764404344.post-41910101476498659012013-06-30T20:35:15.435-04:002013-06-30T20:35:15.435-04:00I'd like you to sort out an obviously not-a-pe...I'd like you to sort out an obviously not-a-person case, such as a microorganism, and compare that to a maybe-so case.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240907387224016346noreply@blogger.com