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Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology

Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology

Allen, Colin
Bekoff, Marc

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral PsychologyHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 0262511088
ISBN13: 9780262511087
Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Book Co
Published: Jul 26 1999
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.44 Depth: 9.08
Language: English
The heart of this book is the reciprocal relationship between philosophical theories of mind and empirical studies of animal cognition.

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. This interdiscipinary approach reveals flaws in common objections to the view that animals have minds.

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