Readers who object to the anthropomorphism or the approximation of these statements can replace every occurrence of the verb ''thinks'' with the phrase ''interprets … as'', or even the circumlocution ''acts in every formally relevant way as if'', changing what must be changed elsewhere. For the moment, I am not concerned with the exact order of reflective sensitivity that goes into these interpretive linkages, but only with a rough outline of the pragmatic equivalence classes that are afforded by the potential conduct of their agents. | Readers who object to the anthropomorphism or the approximation of these statements can replace every occurrence of the verb ''thinks'' with the phrase ''interprets … as'', or even the circumlocution ''acts in every formally relevant way as if'', changing what must be changed elsewhere. For the moment, I am not concerned with the exact order of reflective sensitivity that goes into these interpretive linkages, but only with a rough outline of the pragmatic equivalence classes that are afforded by the potential conduct of their agents. |