Mindreading animals [electronic resource] : the debate over what animals know about other minds / Robert W. Lurz.
Lurz, Robert W., 1968-
2011
QL785.3 .L87 2011eb
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Title 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
Publication Details Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 245 p.) : ill.
Call Number 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.
Note "A Bradford Book."
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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