Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology
- ISBN-10
- 0262511088
- ISBN-13
- 9780262511087
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 209
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Authors
- Marc Bekoff, Colin Allen
Description
Colin Allen (a philosopher) and Marc Bekoff (a cognitive ethologist) approach their work from a perspective that considers arguments about evolutionary continuity to be as applicable to the study of animal minds and brains as they are to comparative studies of kidneys, stomachs, and hearts. Cognitive ethologists study the comparative, evolutionary, and ecological aspects of the mental phenomena of animals. Philosophy can provide cognitive ethology with an analytical basis for attributing cognition to nonhuman animals and for studying it, and cognitive ethology can help philosophy to explain mentality in naturalistic terms by providing data on the evolution of cognition. The heart of Allen and Bekoff's book is this reciprocal relationship between philosophical theories of mind and empirical studies of animal cognition. The interdisciplinary approach reveals flaws in common objections to the view that animals have minds.
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