I’m sure it’s enough for you, hearing philh’s description of the situation, to tell that his internal state wasn’t that of the classic blankface.
I’m not so sure it would be enough for you if you were on the receiving end, when most likely you wouldn’t share the putative blankface’s opinion that what you’d been doing deserved punishment.
I think it’s enough for me to hear a description of the situation to infer that internal state without knowing about his internal state.
I’m sure it’s enough for you, hearing philh’s description of the situation, to tell that his internal state wasn’t that of the classic blankface.
I’m not so sure it would be enough for you if you were on the receiving end, when most likely you wouldn’t share the putative blankface’s opinion that what you’d been doing deserved punishment.