If a lion could talk
animal intelligence and the evolution of consciousness
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Word Count
54,750 words, Guess
Page Count
219 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL367675M
- ISBN-100684837102
- OCLC Control Number39313560
- OCLC Control Numberiflioncouldtalka00budi
- Library of Congress Control Number98028211
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- Goodreads498329
- LibraryThing70345
Classifications
- DDC591.5/13
- LCCQL785 .B823 1998
Description
Modern cognitive science and the new science of evolutionary ecology are beginning to show that thinking in animals is tremendously complex and wonderful in its variety. A pigeon's ability to find its way home from almost anywhere has little to do with comparative intelligence; rather it is due to the pigeon's very different perception of the world. That's why, as Wittgenstein said, "If a lion could talk, we would not understand him." In this fascinating book, Budiansky frees us from the shackles of our ideas about the natural world, and opens a window to the astounding worlds of the animals that surround us.
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