Oh, and. do you now agree that the relation is loving, or, what additional coditions would you care to add to make that attribution a comfortable one for you.
N On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 12:59 PM Nicholas Thompson <thompnicks...@gmail.com> wrote: > [Please, Friammers,, if you join this discussion, stay close to this or > other closely related down-to-earth experiences. > > Dave, you offer as data: > > > *Dave is sleepy and calm.* > > *Dusty is anxious and afraid.* > > *Dusty crawls onto Dave's shoulder and finds reassurance and security.* > > *Dave is tolerant and does not shove Dusty off bed.* > > *Dave senses Dusty's need for reassurance and rests his arm across her > back and lets her stay as she is.* > *Dusty relaxes and goes to sleep.* > > You then offer the following guide to interpretation: > > > *Love is not present in this transaction, unless you presume that a series > of prior interactions created a kind of meta-state of Lovingness between > the two * > > I agree with you that love is a meta state in the sense that it is an > arrangement of other behavioral states. So I will leave that alone. > Having so stipulated, I think it is reasonable to say, on the basis of the > data you set forth, that a meta-state of lovingness exists between you. > (I would prefer to say you love one another, but partly in deference to SG, > I will adopt your lingo.] To call your joint behavior loving is to perform > an abduction. The test of an abduction is to examine the deductions that > flow from it: > > So, if Dave and Dusty have a loving relationship, then, on my > understanding, the following would be true: > > *You would protect one another against harm.* > *You would attend to one another if either was sick, injured, or > depressed.* > *You would become uneasy if you were separated for an unexpectedly long > time.* > > Are these things true? > > Nick > > > > > > > >
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