Seven Challenges for the Science of Animal Minds

In Seven Challenges for the Science of Animal Minds, Dacey focuses on the best ways to scientifically study animal minds, providing novel treatments for seven specific challenges, while also developing a bigger-picture view of the science. Each chapter includes an empirical case study, from social reasoning in chimpanzees to foraging in honeybees.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Underdetermination


• 2: Anthropomorphic Bias


• 3: Modeling


• 4: Integration and Homology


• 5: Ecological Validity


• 6: Sample Size and Generalizability


• 7: Measuring Consciousness


• Conclusion: of a Different Mind

About the author

Mike Dacey is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bates College in Maine. He received his PhD in 2015 from the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology program at Washington University in St. Louis. He has published widely in philosophy of cognitive science, the history of psychology, and especially philosophy of animal minds.

Summary

In Seven Challenges for the Science of Animal Minds, Dacey focuses on the best ways to scientifically study animal minds, providing novel treatments for seven specific challenges, while also developing a bigger-picture view of the science. Each chapter includes an empirical case study, from social reasoning in chimpanzees to foraging in honeybees.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Dacey, Mike (Associate Professor of Philosophy Dacey
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2025
• EAN: 9780198928072
• ISBN: 978-0-19-892807-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Philosophy of Mind, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Philosophy of Science, Animal behaviour, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Ethology and animal behaviour