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In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, 'He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.' This book offers a response to Darwin's challenge.

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"The vivid narrative is like a bush detective story." - Steven Poole, Guardian "Baboon Metaphysics is a distillation of a big chunk of academic lives.... It is exactly what such a book should be - full of imaginative experiments, meticulous scholarship, limpid literary style, and above all, truly important questions." - Alison Jolly, Science "Cheney and Seyfarth's enthusiasm is obvious, and their knowledge is vast and expressed with great clarity. All this makes Baboon Metaphysics a captivating read. It will get you thinking - and maybe spur you to travel to Africa to see it all for yourself." - Asif A. Ghazanfar, Nature "Through ingenious playback experiments... Cheney and Seyfarth have worked out many aspects of what baboons used their minds for, along with their limitations. Reading a baboon's mind affords an excellent grasp of the dynamics of baboon society. But more than that, it bears on the evolution of the human mind and the nature of human existence." - Nicholas Wade, New York Times"

Baboon Metaphysics The Evolution of a Social Mind

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    A Paperback / softback by Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/09/2008
      ISBN13: 9780226102443, 978-0226102443
      ISBN10: 0226102440
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, 'He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.' This book offers a response to Darwin's challenge.

      Trade Review
      "The vivid narrative is like a bush detective story." - Steven Poole, Guardian "Baboon Metaphysics is a distillation of a big chunk of academic lives.... It is exactly what such a book should be - full of imaginative experiments, meticulous scholarship, limpid literary style, and above all, truly important questions." - Alison Jolly, Science "Cheney and Seyfarth's enthusiasm is obvious, and their knowledge is vast and expressed with great clarity. All this makes Baboon Metaphysics a captivating read. It will get you thinking - and maybe spur you to travel to Africa to see it all for yourself." - Asif A. Ghazanfar, Nature "Through ingenious playback experiments... Cheney and Seyfarth have worked out many aspects of what baboons used their minds for, along with their limitations. Reading a baboon's mind affords an excellent grasp of the dynamics of baboon society. But more than that, it bears on the evolution of the human mind and the nature of human existence." - Nicholas Wade, New York Times"

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