| In a message dated 8/10/2001 12:38:27 AM Central Daylight Time,
cowan@ccil.org writes: So you think it impossible for a cat to know how many kittens it has? I don't know about "impossible," she doesn't in fact, although she can tell that a bunch has the right number or too few (and maybe too many). But cats do engage in at least some linguistic activity and so probably know some things ("this is right number of kittens" for example). But, yes, it may not be the ideal word -- what would be a better one for this case? |