Readings in Animal Cognition (Bradford Books)

Readings in Animal Cognition (Bradford Books)
By Marc Bekoff, Dale Jamieson
Publisher: The MIT Press | 496 pages | 1995-12-21 | ISBN: 026252208X | PDF | 21.1 MB

Product 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

About the Author

Marc Bekoff is Professor, Department of EPO Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder. Dale Jamieson is Professor of Philosophy, also at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also Adjunct Scientist in the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

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