Mindreading animals [electronic resource] : the debate over what animals know about other minds / Robert W. Lurz.
2011
QL785.3 .L87 2011eb
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Mindreading animals [electronic resource] : the debate over what animals know about other minds / Robert W. Lurz.
Author
Lurz, Robert W., 1968-
ISBN
9780262298339 (electronic bk.)
9780262016056
9780262016056
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 245 p.) : ill.
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QL785.3 .L87 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
591.5/13
Summary
"Lurz presents a new approach to understanding what mindreading in animals might be, offering a bottom-up model of mental-state attribution that is built upon cognitive abilities that animals are known to possess rather than on a preconceived view of the mind applicable to mindreading abilities in humans. Lurz goes on to describe an innovative series of new experimental protocols for animal mindreading research that overcome a persistent methodological problem in the field, known as the "logical problem" or "Povinelli's challenge." These protocols show in detail how various types of animals--from apes to monkeys to ravens to dogs--can be tested for perceptual state and belief attribution"--Jacket.
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"A Bradford Book."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Mindreading in animals : its importance and history
The logical problem in animal mindreading research
Solving the logical problem for perceptual state attribution
Solving the logical problem for belief attribution.
The logical problem in animal mindreading research
Solving the logical problem for perceptual state attribution
Solving the logical problem for belief attribution.