Species of mind : the philosophy and biology of cognitive ethology

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Species of mind : the philosophy and biology of cognitive ethology

Colin Allen, Marc Bekoff

（Bradford book）

MIT Press, 1999, c1997

paperback ed

  • : pbk.

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"1st MIT Press paperback edition, 1999"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-200) and index

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内容説明

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. The heart of the book is this reciprocal relationship between philosophical theories of mind and empirical studies of animal cognition. All theoretical discussion is carefully tied to case studies, particularly in the areas of antipredatory vigilance and social play, where there are many points of contact with philosophical discussions of intentionality and representation. Allen and Bekoff make specific suggestions about how to use philosophical theories of intentionality as starting points for empirical investigation of animal minds, and they stress the importance of studying animals other than nonhuman primates.

目次

  • Cognitive ethology and philosophy of mind - an interdisciplinary approach
  • a brief historical account of classical ethology and cognitive ethology
  • what is behaviour?
  • but is it science?
  • from folk psychology to cognitive ethology
  • intentionality, social play and communication
  • antipredatory behaviour - from vigilance to recognition to action
  • consciousness - essential or dispensable?
  • toward an interdisciplinary science of cognitive ethology - synthesizing field, laboratory and armchair approaches.

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