The philosophy of animal minds / edited by Robert W. Lurz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lurz, Robert W., 1968- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals (Philosophy).

Cognition in animals.

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is a collection of fourteen essays by leading philosophers on issues concerning the nature, existence, and our knowledge of animal minds. The nature of animal minds has been a topic of interest to philosophers since the origins of philosophy, and recent years have seen significant philosophical engagement with the subject. However, there is no volume that represents the current state of play in this important and growing field. The purpose of this volume is to highlight the state of the debate. The issues which are covered include whether and to what degree animals think in a language or in iconic structures, possess concepts, are conscious, self-aware, metacognize, attribute states of mind to others, and have emotions, as well as issues pertaining to our knowledge of and the scientific standards for attributing mental states to animals.

Contents:

The philosophy of animal minds : an introduction / Robert W. Lurz

What do animals think? / Dale Jamieson

Attributing mental representations to animals / Eric Saida

Chrysippus' dog as a case study in non-linguistic cognition / Michael Rescorla

Systematicity and intentional realism in honeybee navigation / Michael Tetztaffand Georges Rey

Invertebrate concepts confront the generality constraint (and win) / Peter Carruthers

A language of baboon thought? / Elisabeth Camp

Animal communication and neo-expressivism / Andrew McAninch, Grant Goodrich, and Colin Allen

Mindreading in the animal kingdom / José Luis Bermúdez

The representational basis of brute metacognition: a proposal / Joëlle Proust

Animals, consciousness, and I-thoughts / Rocco J. Gennaro

Self-awareness in animals / David DeGrazia

The sophistication of non-human emotion / Robert C. Roberts

Parsimony and models of animal minds / Elliott Sober

The primate mindreading controversy : a case study in simplicity and methodology in animal psychology / Simon Fitzpatrick.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-69969-7

1-107-20046-6

0-511-64773-5

1-282-39377-4

9786612393778

0-511-81900-5

0-511-65181-3

0-511-63261-4

0-511-63140-5

0-511-63381-5

OCLC:

609845767