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If a lion could talk : animal intelligence and the evolution of consciousness
- Title
- If a lion could talk : animal intelligence and the evolution of consciousness / Stephen Budiansky.
- Author
- Budiansky, Stephen.
- Publication
- New York : Free Press, 1998.
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- Description
- xxxv, 219 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Modern cognitive science and the new science of evolutionary ecology are beginning to show that thinking in animals is tremendously complex and wonderful in its variety. A pigeon's ability to find its way home from almost anywhere has little to do with comparative intelligence; rather it is due to the pigeon's very different perception of the world.
- That's why, as Wittgenstein said, "If a lion could talk, we would not understand him." In this fascinating book, Budiansky frees us from the shackles of our ideas about the natural world, and opens a window to the astounding worlds of the animals that surround us.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-210) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Who is the Smartest of them all? -- 2. The Science of How do We Know for Sure -- 3. The Mind's Software -- 4. Using the Old Noggin -- 5. Maps, Tools, and Nests -- 6. Speak! -- 7. Animal Consciousness -- 8. Evolution and Respect.
- ISBN
- 0684837102
- LCCN
- 98028211
- OCLC
- ocm39313560
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries