Animal Thinking

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Animal Thinking

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Author : Randolf Menzel
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2024-03-19

Animal Thinking written by Randolf Menzel and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-19 with Psychology categories.

Experts from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, ecology, and evolutionary biology assess the field of animal cognition. Do animals have cognitive maps? Do they possess knowledge? Do they plan for the future? Do they understand that others have mental lives of their own? This volume provides a state-of-the-art assessment of animal cognition, with experts from psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, ecology, and evolutionary biology addressing these questions in an integrative fashion. It summarizes the latest research, identifies areas where consensus has been reached, and takes on current controversies. Over the last thirty years, the field has shifted from the collection of anecdotes and the pursuit of the subjective experience of animals to a rigorous, hypothesis-driven experimental approach. Taking a skeptical stance, this volume stresses the notion that in many cases relatively simple rules may account for rather complex and flexible behaviors. The book critically evaluates current concepts and puts a strong focus on the psychological mechanisms that underpin animal behavior. It offers comparative analyses that reveal common principles as well as adaptations that evolved in particular species in response to specific selective pressures. It assesses experimental approaches to the study of animal navigation, decision making, social cognition, and communication and suggests directions for future research. The book promotes a research program that seeks to understand animals' cognitive abilities and behavioral routines as individuals and as members of social groups.

Animal Thinking

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Author : Donald Redfield Griffin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984

Animal Thinking written by Donald Redfield Griffin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Science categories.

Discusses renewed interest in conscious mental experiences of animals and the possibility that thoughts and feelings of animals can be studied objectively.

Minds Of Their Own

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Author : Lesley J Rogers
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-03-05

Minds Of Their Own written by Lesley J Rogers and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-05 with Philosophy categories.

Do Animals have ideas? Do they experience pain like humans? Do they think about objects that they cannot see? About situations that have occurred in the past? Do they consciously make plans for the future or do they simply react unthinkingly to objects as they appear and situations as they arise? All of these questions have bearing on whether or not animals have consciousness. The advent of computers that ?think? has lead us to consider ?intelligence? in a way we never thought possible a decade ago. But when and how does information processing in the brain become automatic?In Minds of Their Own, Lesley J. Rogers examines the issue of animal thought both sympathetically and critically by looking at the different behavior characteristics of a variety of animals, the evolution of the brain and when consciousness might have evolved. To most people, to be conscious means to be aware of oneself as well as to be aware of others. But does this hold true for animals? The answer may have implications which transcend mere scientific inquiry: if animals are cognizant creatures, what, if any, moral responsibility do humans have to assure their rights? This timely book examines this issue and others by emphasizing comparisons between humans and animals: how we evolved; how we remember; how we learn.

States Of Brain And Mind

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Author : HOBSON
language : en
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Release Date : 2013-12-19

States Of Brain And Mind written by HOBSON and has been published by Birkhäuser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-19 with Social Science categories.

The Moral Powers

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Author : P. M. S. Hacker
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2021-04-28

The Moral Powers written by P. M. S. Hacker and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-28 with Philosophy categories.

A milestone in the study of value in human life and thought, written by one of the world’s preeminent living philosophers The Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature is a philosophical investigation of the moral potentialities and sensibilities of human beings, of the meaning of human life, and of the place of death in life. It is an essay in philosophical anthropology: the study of the conceptual framework in terms of which we think about, speak about, and investigate homo sapiens as a social and cultural animal. This volume examines the diversity of values in human life and the place of moral value within the varieties of values. Its subject is the nature of good and evil and our propensity to virtue and vice. Acting as the culmination of five decades of reflection on the philosophy of mind, epistemology, ethics, and human nature, this volume: Concludes Hacker’s acclaimed Human Nature tetralogy: Human Nature: The Categorial Framework, The Intellectual Powers: A Study of Human Nature, and The Passions: A Study of Human Nature Discusses traditional ideas about ethical value and addresses misconceptions held by philosophers, psychologists, and cognitive neuroscientists The Moral Powers: A Study of Human Nature is required reading philosophers of mind, ethicists, psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists, and any general reader wanting to understand the nature of value and the place of ethics in human lives.

Animal Minds

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Author : Donald R. Griffin
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2024-05-31

Animal Minds written by Donald R. Griffin and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-31 with Science categories.

In Animal Minds, Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines, incapable of conscious thoughts or emotional feelings? How can we tell? Such questions have long fascinated Griffin, who has been a pioneer at the forefront of research in animal cognition for decades, and is recognized as one of the leading behavioral ecologists of the twentieth century. With this new edition of his classic book, which he has completely revised and updated, Griffin moves beyond considerations of animal cognition to argue that scientists can and should investigate questions of animal consciousness. Using examples from studies of species ranging from chimpanzees and dolphins to birds and honeybees, he demonstrates how communication among animals can serve as a "window" into what animals think and feel, just as human speech and nonverbal communication tell us most of what we know about the thoughts and feelings of other people. Even when they don't communicate about it, animals respond with sometimes surprising versatility to new situations for which neither their genes nor their previous experiences have prepared them, and Griffin discusses what these behaviors can tell us about animal minds. He also reviews the latest research in cognitive neuroscience, which has revealed startling similarities in the neural mechanisms underlying brain functioning in both humans and other animals. Finally, in four chapters greatly expanded for this edition, Griffin considers the latest scientific research on animal consciousness, pro and con, and explores its profound philosophical and ethical implications.

Better Language And Thinking

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Author : Rachel Salisbury
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955

Better Language And Thinking written by Rachel Salisbury and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Lectures On Metaphysics And Logic

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Author : Sir William Hamilton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874

Lectures On Metaphysics And Logic written by Sir William Hamilton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with Logic categories.

Mind

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923

Mind written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Philosophy categories.

Public Perceptions Of Animal Thinking

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Author : Jeannine Elizabeth Holmes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017

Public Perceptions Of Animal Thinking written by Jeannine Elizabeth Holmes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with categories.

In a systematic replication of a survey by Rasmussen, Rajecki, and Craft (1993), 241 undergraduate psychology students and 148 members of the public were asked to indicate how reasonable it was that a child, dog, cat, bird, or fish had the capacity for each of 12 different cognitive abilities. Consistent with the original study, participants credited both children and animals with simple thinking, but reserved ascriptions of complex thinking to children. However, perceptions of animal cognition appear to have improved since the original study. Specifically, results revealed a general increase in participant ascriptions of complex thinking to animals, converging perceptions related to mammals, and an increase in perceptions of fish cognition. I also assessed the impact of the Internet and social media on public perceptions of animal cognition. While a significant impact was not noted, further examination in this area would be beneficial given the limited scope of my initial investigation and the significant power these mediums provide in information sharing and accessibility.