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The animal mind

Title
The animal mind / James L. Gould, Carol Grant Gould.
Author
Gould, James L., 1945-
Publication
New York : Scientific American Library : Distributed by W.H. Freeman, [1994], ©1994.

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Gould, Carol Grant.
Description
236 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.
Summary
  • In this volume, James and Carol Gould go in search of the animal mind. Taking a fresh look at the evidence on animal capacities for perception, thought, and language, the Goulds show how scientists attempt to distinguish actions that go beyond the innate or automatically learned. They provide captivating, beautifully-illustrated descriptions of a number of clever and curious animal behaviors - some revealed to be more or less preprogrammed, some seemingly proof of a well-developed mental life.
  • The Goulds conclude by examining what animal consciousness studies have revealed about one species in particular: ourselves. Here these expert authors, who once counted themselves among the skeptics, show just how much opinions have changed. They suggest that human and animal consciousness may differ in degree of complexity, but not necessarily in kind, and that the study of other animal minds can tell us much about our own.
  • It is a provocative closing for this examination of one of modern science's most controversial topics.
Series Statement
Scientific American Library series
Uniform Title
Scientific American Library series.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-223) and index.
Contents
1. Varieties of Sensory Experience -- 2. Innate Behavior -- 3. The Nature of Learning -- 4. Insight or Instinct? -- 5. Invertebrate Cognition: A Case Study -- 6. Animals as Architects -- 7. Hunting and Escaping -- 8. Social and Personal Knowledge -- 9. Logic and Language -- 10. Human Cognition.
ISBN
0716750465 :
LCCN
93048197
OCLC
ocm29669371
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries