What are you claiming—that a dog is inherently unable to have “pleasant” feelings, or that humans have no capability whatsoever to judge the what’s happening in the mind of a dog on the basis of its behaviour?
In this context, you are claiming that “when animals have a strong tendency to do certain things, those things tend to be pleasant to the animal”. Judging what is happening in the mind of the animal on the basis of its behavior, in order to support this claim, is circular reasoning.
What are you claiming—that a dog is inherently unable to have “pleasant” feelings, or that humans have no capability whatsoever to judge the what’s happening in the mind of a dog on the basis of its behaviour?
In this context, you are claiming that “when animals have a strong tendency to do certain things, those things tend to be pleasant to the animal”. Judging what is happening in the mind of the animal on the basis of its behavior, in order to support this claim, is circular reasoning.
Nope, that’s not me, that’s entirelyuseless.
But you haven’t answered my question.
Sorry. Make that “you are supporting a claim that...”
If you want the literal answer to your question, the answer is that I’m not claiming anything.
Note that disputing a claim of X is not itself a claim of not-X..