Animal Minds

This Element shows how researchers address the question that has received much attention in the field of comparative cognition: 'Do animals reason about unobservable variables like force and mental states?' It argues that studies on animal minds would benefit from drawing more heavily on neuroscience and biology.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Comparative cognition; 3. Animal minds: empirical investigations; 4. Problems with existing approaches; 5. Animal minds: additional constraints on hypothesis evaluation; 6. Conclusion; References.

Summary

This Element shows how researchers address the question that has received much attention in the field of comparative cognition: 'Do animals reason about unobservable variables like force and mental states?' It argues that studies on animal minds would benefit from drawing more heavily on neuroscience and biology.

Product details

• Authors: Marta Halina, Marta (University of Cambridge) Halina
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009517867
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0951786-7
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: Elements in Philosophy of Mind
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, Neurosciences, Animals and society, Cognitive studies, Ethology and animal behaviour