Do Animals Think?
Does your dog know when you've had a bad day? Can your cat tell that the coffee pot you left on might start a fire? Could a chimpanzee be trained to program your computer? In this provocative book, noted animal expert Clive Wynne debunks some commonly held notions about our furry friends. It may be romantic to ascribe human qualities to critters, he argues, but it's not very realistic. While animals are by no means dumb, they don't think the same way we do. Contrary to what many popular television shows would have us believe, animals have neither the theory-of-mind capabilities that humans have (that is, they are not conscious of what others…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-691-12636-4
- EAN: 9780691126364
- Produktnummer: 2198930
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Masse: H15.0 cm x B23.0 cm x D1.5 cm 422 g
- Abbildungen: 19 halftones. 2 line illus.
- Gewicht: 422
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
Clive D.L.Wynne is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida. He is the author of Animal Cognition: The Mental Lives of Animals
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