(October 4, 2013 at 3:10 am)Ryantology Wrote:(October 4, 2013 at 2:43 am)FallentoReason Wrote: Does a caveman running away from perhaps a lion necessarily need to know that a lion is a four-legged carnivore that is closely related to other felines, or could he believe it to be a sack of potatoes dressed in a scary way yet *still* have the urge to run away and *survive*, despite whatever falsehoods he might believe?
He does have to know that it either is or resembles something which can be dangerous. The caveman who doesn't run from anything might be risking getting killed, the caveman who runs from everything may starve to death. Survival is best guaranteed when the caveman knows what to run from and what to run at.
Agreed, and notice how truth was left at the door in what you just wrote.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
