I think there are LOTS of examples of organisms who cooperate or cohabitate without any level of ontology or conscious valuation. Even in humans, a whole lot of the negotiation is not legible. The spoken/written part is mostly signaling and lies, with a small amount of codifying behavioral expectations at a very coarse grain.
I think there are LOTS of examples of organisms who cooperate or cohabitate without any level of ontology or conscious valuation. Even in humans, a whole lot of the negotiation is not legible. The spoken/written part is mostly signaling and lies, with a small amount of codifying behavioral expectations at a very coarse grain.