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Readings in Animal Cognition (Bradford Books)

By Dale Jamieson , Marc Bekoff

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
1995
ISBN
026252208X, 9780262522083
LCC
QL785 .R27 1996
Open Library ID
OL1269275M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23420859 bytes)
Pages
394\394
Topic
Biology Zoology
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This collection of 24 readings is the first comprehensive treatment of important topics by leading figures in the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of animal cognition. Taken togther the essays provide the nucleus for an introductory course in animal cognition (cognitive ethology and comparative psychology), philosophy of biology, or philosophy of mind.Selections are grouped in five sections: Perspectives on Animal Cognition; Cognitive and Evolutionary Explanations; Recognition, Choice, Vigilance, and Play; Communication and Language; and Animal Minds. Seventeen essays are reprinted from the authors much cited two-volume collection, Interpretation and Explanation in the Study of Animal Behavior. One essay taken from that book has been subsequently revised, and five additional essays are recent examples of critical thinking in cognitive ethology. The preface and final chapter, "Ethics and the Study of Animal Cognition," are new.A Bradford Book

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