[PDF.63qd] Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology

Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology

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 | #1259182 in Books |  1999-07-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.90 x.60 x6.00l,.81 | File type: PDF | 232 pages

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||11 of 13 people found the following review helpful.| Kinds of Intelligence|By Robert Jones|Starting from the concept of biological continuity Allen and Bekoff argue that "lower" animals may be intelligent too. One might distinguish a variety of intelligences including: i. purely reactive (reflex, radical behaviorist, table lookup) learning by evolutionary change only (learning being radically separated from performance system)| ||No one has ever contemplated what it is like to be a zucchini because zucchinis lack minds. But we certainly have wondered what it is like to be a predatory lion, or an echolocating bat or a brachiating monkey. That is because such animals presumably do have

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 b...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology   |  Colin Allen, Marc Bekoff. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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