عنوان

Anthropomorphism, anecdotes, and animals /

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0791431258

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0791431266

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9780791431252

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9780791431269

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b524862

Title Proper

Anthropomorphism, anecdotes, and animals /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Robert W. Mitchell, Nicholas S. Thompson, and H. Lyn Miles

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Albany :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

State University of New York Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[1997]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©1997

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xx, 518 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

SUNY series in philosophy and biology

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-497) and indexes

Text of Note

Foreword / Frans B.M. de Waal -- 1. Taking Anthropomorphism and Anecdotes Seriously / Robert W. Mitchell, Nicholas S. Thompson and H. Lyn Miles -- 2. Dogs, Darwinism, and English Sensibilities / Elizabeth Knoll -- 3. Why Anthropomorphism Is Not Metaphor: Crossing Concepts and Cultures in Animal Behavior Studies / Pamela J. Asquith -- 4. Amorphism, Mechanomorphism, and Anthropomorphism / Emanuela Cenami Spada -- 5. Anthropomorphism: A Definition and a Theory / Stewart Elliott Guthrie -- 6. Why Anthropomorhize? Folk Psychology and Other Stories / Linnda R. Caporael and Cecilia M. Heyes -- 7. Anthropomorphism and the Evolution of Social Intelligence: A Comparative Approach / Gordon G. Gallup, Jr., Lori Marino and Timothy J. Eddy -- 8. Panmorphism / Daniel J. Povinelli -- 9. Anthropomorphism and Scientific Evidence for Animal Mental States / Hugh Lehman -- 10. Anthropomorphism in Mother-Infant Interaction: Cultural Imperative or Scientific Acumen? / Robert L. Russell

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Text of Note

Concerns about, and proposals for, evaluations of a variety of psychological aspects of animals are discussed, including mental state attribution, intentionality, cognition, consciousness, self-consciousness, and language

Text of Note

People commonly think that animals are psychologically like themselves (anthropomorphism), and describe what animals do in narratives (anecdotes) that support these psychological interpretations. This is the first book to evaluate the significance and usefulness of the practices of anthropomorphism and anecdotalism for understanding animals. Diverse perspectives are presented in thoughtful, critical essays by historians, philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists, behaviorists, biologists, primatologists, and ethologists. The nature of anthropomorphism and anecdotal analysis is examined; social, cultural, and historical attitudes toward them are presented; and scientific attitudes are appraised. Authors provide fascinating in-depth descriptions and analyses of diverse species of animals, including octopi, great apes, monkeys, dogs, sea lions, and, of course, human beings

Animal behavior, Anecdotes

Animal psychology

Anthropomorphism

L300

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Miles, H. Lyn,1944-

Mitchell, Robert W.,1958-

Thompson, Nicholas S

Date of Transaction

20160712061842.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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