Animal Minds
Beyond Cognition to Consciousness
New Ed edition
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Word Count
94,000 words, Guess
Page Count
376 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9789395M
- ISBN-139780226308654
- ISBN-100226308650
- OCLC Control Number44425362
- Internet Archiveanimalmindsbeyon0000grif
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number00010006
- Goodreads1687294
- LibraryThing259582
Classifications
- LCCQL785 .G715 2001
- LCCQL785.G715 2001
- DDC591.51
and 1 more
- LCCQL785 .G715 1992
Description
"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 of research in animal cognition for decades, and is recognized as one of the leading behavioral ecologists of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
A hungry chimpanzee walking through his native rain forest comes upon a large Panda oleosa nut lying on the ground under one of the widely scattered Panda trees.
Description
Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. 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.
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- Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness
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