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Colin Allen (a philosopher) and Marc Bekoff (a cognitive ethologist) approach their work from a perspective that considers arguments about evolutionary continuity to be as applicable to the study of animal minds and brains as they are to comparative studies of kidneys, stomachs, and hearts.
Cognitive ethologists study the comparative, evolutionary, and ecological aspects of the mental phenomena of animals. Philosophy can provide cognitive ethology with an analytical basis for attributing cognition to nonhuman animals and for studying it, and cognitive ethology can help philosophy to explain mentality in naturalistic terms by providing data on the evolution of cognition.
The heart of Allen and Bekoff's book is this reciprocal relationship between philosophical theories of mind and empirical studies of animal cognition. The interdisciplinary approach reveals flaws in common objections to the view that animals have minds.
All the theoretical discussions in the book are carefully tied to case studies - particularly in the areas of antipredatory vigilance and social play, where there are many points of contact with philosophical discussions of intentionality and representation. Allen and Bekoff make specific suggestions about how to use philosophical theories of intentionality as starting points for empirical investigations of animal minds, and they stress the importance of studying animals other than primates.
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Animal behavior, Cognition in animals, Consciousness in animals, Cognition chez les animaux, Conscience chez les animaux, Éthologie, SCIENCE, Life Sciences, Zoology, General, Ethologie, Vergelijkende psychologie, Cognitie, Bewustzijn, Dieren, Diergedrag, Health & Biological Sciences, Consciousness, CognitionShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Species of mind: the philosophy and biology of cognitive ethology
1997, MIT Press
in English
0262011638 9780262011631
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-200) and index.
"A Bradford book."
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