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Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology

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Colin Allen and Marc Beckoff 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. This interdisciplinary approach reveals flaws in common objections to the view that animals have minds.

Language: English

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: MIT Press (MA)

Release: October 10, 1997

ISBN: 0262011638

ISBN 13: 9780262011631

Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology

4/5 ( ratings)

Colin Allen and Marc Beckoff 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. This interdisciplinary approach reveals flaws in common objections to the view that animals have minds.

Language: English

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: MIT Press (MA)

Release: October 10, 1997

ISBN: 0262011638

ISBN 13: 9780262011631

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