[MD] Why are things called patterns?

[MarshaV]

Hi Craig, 


On Mar 25, 2012, at 11:43 PM, craigerb at comcast.net wrote:

> [Craig, previously]
>> Can iron filings apprehend a magnet & arrange themselves in a pattern?
>> Can a mother mouse apprehend the cry of her joey?
> 
> [Marsha]
>> Not iron filings, a magnet, mother mouse or her joey are apprehended apart from human cognitive processes.
> 
> I HATE to say this, but it depends on what you mean by "apart from human cognitive processes".
> But what I am HAPPY to say is that "before there were humans with their cognitive processes, a joey's cries were apprehended by its mother".  


That "before there were humans with their cognitive processes, a joey's cries were apprehended by its mother" could not be apprehended apart from human cognitive processes.


Marsha