{"product_id":"cognitive-ethology-the-minds-of-other-animals-essays-in-honor-of-donald-r-griffin-comparative-cognition-and-neuroscience-series-9780805802528","title":"Cognitive Ethology the minds of other animals Essays in Honor of Donald R Griffin Comparative Cognition and Neuroscience Series","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of essays was written by former students, associates, admirers, critics and friends of Donald R. Griffin -- the creator of cognitive ethology. Stimulated by his work, this volume presents ideas and experiments in the field of cognitive ethology -- the exploration of the mental experiences of animals as they behave in their natural environment during the course of their normal lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCognitive Ethology\u003c\/i\u003e discusses the possibility that animals may have abilities to experience, communicate, reason, and plan beyond those usually ascribed to them in a black box or stimulus-response interpretation of their behavior. Contributions from scientists who have been associated with or influenced by Griffin offer a lively array of views, some disparate from one another and some especially selected to present approaches contrary to his.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Together with our curiosity about the other creatures with which we share the earth, then, there is a second motivation for the studies reported in...\u003cb\u003e Cognitive Ethiology:\u003c\/b\u003e curiosity about our own past. In studying the minds of other animals, we find clues to the evolution of our own intellect.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"...a particularly well-edited book...[with] an excellent overview and intergration of the issues....an excellent forum for learning about one of the most controversial and exciting issues in animal behavior research.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"This volume has the great merit of presenting the pros and cons of the cognitive approach to ethology. It is highly recommended to all students of animal behavior and more generally to anyone interested in the relationships between humans and other animals.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBiochemical Systematics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Carolyn Ristau has the merit of having assembled a number of scientists coming from different areas of research, providing the reader with a varied and stimulating view on a fascinating subject. This is a very interesting book, dealing with a difficult subject.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAugusto F. Vitale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIstituto Superiore di Sanita\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents: C.A. Ristau,\u003c\/b\u003e Reminiscences. \u003cb\u003ePart I:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheoretical Perspectives.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eD.R. Griffin,\u003c\/b\u003e Progress Toward a Cognitive Ethology. \u003cb\u003eC.G. Beer,\u003c\/b\u003e From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Ethology. \u003cb\u003eJ. Bennett,\u003c\/b\u003e How is Cognitive Ethology Possible? \u003cb\u003ePart II:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvidence from the Laboratory and Field.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eG.M. Burghardt,\u003c\/b\u003e Cognitive Ethology and Critical Anthropomorphism: A Snake with Two Heads and Hognose Snakes that Play Dead. \u003cb\u003eC.A. Ristau,\u003c\/b\u003e Aspects of the Cognitive Ethology of an Injury- Feigning Bird, the Piping Plover. \u003cb\u003eD.L. Cheney, R.M. Seyfarth,\u003c\/b\u003e Truth and Deception in Animal Communication. \u003cb\u003eI.M. Pepperberg,\u003c\/b\u003e A Communicative Approach to Animal Cognition: A Study of Conceptual Abilities of an African Grey Parrot. \u003cb\u003eP. Marler, S. Karakashian, M. Gyger,\u003c\/b\u003e Do Animals Have the Option of Withholding Signals When Communication is Inappropriate? \u003cb\u003eW.J. Smith,\u003c\/b\u003e Animal Communication and the Study of Cognition. \u003cb\u003eA. Jolly,\u003c\/b\u003e Conscious Chimpanzees? A Review of Recent Literature. \u003cb\u003eG.F. Michel,\u003c\/b\u003e Human Psychology and Animal Minds. \u003cb\u003eS.I. Yoerg, A.C. Kamil,\u003c\/b\u003e Integrating Cognitive Ethology with Cognitive Psychology. \u003cb\u003eC.A. Ristau,\u003c\/b\u003e Cognitive Ethology: An Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768087576919,"sku":"9780805802528","price":55.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780805802528.jpg?v=1758716253","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cognitive-ethology-the-minds-of-other-animals-essays-in-honor-of-donald-r-griffin-comparative-cognition-and-neuroscience-series-9780805802528","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}