GRGR(3) talking dog 44.20

[keith woodward]

kw:
>> What
>> troubles me about that reading is only the apparently behaviorist tinges
>> that color the dog's consciousness.  I'm not saying that the dog couldn't
>> have a "memory, or reflex" of something
cfa:
>don't know if you are picking a fight with dog people, but I would
>point you to Argus as a prime example of a pooch exhibiting a
>capacity for memory, not to mention it being a near literary cliche.

Naw, I'm not going to fight that fight.  Rather, I'm suggesting that it is
for some reason indefinite whether this dog has a memory or a reflex.  They
are quite different and propose different states of conscious for the dog.
Reflex leans much more toward the ward-wired, behaviorist model.  Memory
attributes much more depth to the mind of the dog.  That's why I think it
might be the case that the narrative somehow corrects itself/its
terminology, which makes me suspect that Pointsman is the indirect narrator
of the passage.  As for Odysseus' beloved bowzer, yeah, it's a literary
example.  But you quoted me above saying that I wasn't denying a dog a
memory (although, outside of the context of this discussion/passage, I
thinik it's quite limited, relatively speaking).

cfa:
>For even implying a doubt, you should have a pork loin stapled to
>your forehead, and be invited to dance with the great Zuuuul.

Funny you'd mention that...

Keith W