Species of Mind
The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology
$70.86
- Paperback
231 pages
- Release Date
26 July 1999
Summary
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 ecologi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262511087 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262511088 |
| Author: | Colin Allen, Marc Bekoff |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 231 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 26 July 1999 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 226mm x 152mm x 15mm |
| Series: | A Bradford Book |
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“No one has ever contemplated what it is like to be a zucchini becausezucchini’s lack minds. But we certainly have wondered what it is like tobe a predatory lion, or an echolocating bat or a brachiating monkey. Thatis because such animals presumably do have minds. But what kind of minds?Allen and Bekoff morph the disciplines of philosophy and ethology toprovide a lucid analysis of how animals think and what they think about.If you want a fun romp on the wild side of animal minds, read this book.” Marc Hauser , Associate Professor, Departments of Anthropology andPsychology, Program in Neurosciences, Harvard University
About The Author
Colin Allen
Colin Allen is Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University. He is the coauthor of Nature’s Purposes (MIT Press, 1998), Species of Mind (MIT Press, 1997), and The Cognitive Animal (MIT Press, 2001).Marc Bekoff is Professor of Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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