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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 1996-11-14
- Pages
- 538
- ISBN
- 9780791431269
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
0791431266
ISBN-13
9780791431269
eBay Product ID (ePID)
381715
Product Key Features
Book Title
Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Animals
Number of Pages
538 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Topic
Animal & Comparative Psychology, Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior), General, Anthropology / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Science, Psychology
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
96-026611
Reviews
"...a thoughtful work which can provide valuable insights for the non-scientist." -- H-Net Reviews (H-Nilas) "It is rare when opponents of anthropomorphism can be brought to offer explicit arguments for their stance yet, several have done so here. Just bringing the two sides together for a debate makes this anthology extremely valuable. Another tremendously valuable feature is the enormous breadth of the sub-topics covered, e.g., the articles that try to explain the nature and function of anthropomorphism, as opposed to the related topic of whether it is valid as a way of thinking about animals and explaining their behavior. "The topic is very significant, both because of the controversy in fields that are devoted to explaining animal behavior and because of the wide-ranging ramifications going beyond animal mentality to the question of how we understand human behavior and mentality. Thus, I think it is also relevant to philosophy of mind which, until recently, treated as peripheral the question of animal mentality." -- John Andrew Fisher, University of Colorado, Boulder "What I find compelling is that all of the essays have raised important challenges to the way we view ourselves and other species, and many of them have subsequently attempted to identify alternative approaches. This collection is intellectual in that the authors have attempted to explore their own belief systems, as well as challenged readers to do likewise." -- Jo Liska, University of Colorado, Denver
Dewey Edition
20
Dewey Decimal
591.51
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations Foreword Frans B. M. de Waal Acknowledgments PART I. ATTITUDES, HISTORY, AND CULTURE 1. Taking Anthropomorphism and Anecdotes Seriously Robert W. Mitchell, Nicholas S. Thompson, and H. Lyn Miles 2. Dogs, Darwinism, and English Sensibilities Elizabeth Knoll 3. Why Anthropomorphism Is Not Metaphor: Crossing Concepts and Cultures in Animal Behavior Studies Pamela J. Asquith PART II. THE NATURE OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM 4. Amorphism, Mechanomorphism, and Anthropomorphism Emanuela Cenami Spada 5. Anthropomorphism: A Definition and a Theory Stewart Elliott Guthrie 6. Why Anthropomorphize? Folk Psychology and Other Stories Linnda R. Caporael and Cecilia M. Heyes PART III. ANTHROPOMORPHISM AND MENTAL STATE ATTRIBUTION 7. Anthropomorphism and the Evolution of Social Intelligence: A Comparative Approach Gordon G. Gallup Jr., Lori Marino, and Timothy J. Eddy 8. Pan morphism Daniel J. Povinelli 9. Anthropomorphism and Scientific Evidence for Animal Mental States Hugh Lehman 10. Anthropomorphism in Mother-Infant Interaction: Cultural Imperative or Scientific Acumen? Robert L. Russell PART IV. ANECTODES AND ANTHROPOMORPHISM 11. Anecdote, Anthropomorphism, and Animal Behavior Bernard E. Rollin 12. What''s the Use of Anecdotes? Distinguishing Psychological Mechanisms in Primate Tactical Deception Richard W. Byrne 13. Anthropomorphic Anecdotalism As Method Robert W. Mitchell 14. A Pragmatic Approach to the Inference of Animal Mind Paul S. Silverman PART V. INTENTIONALITY 15. Varieties of Purposive Behavior Ruth Garrett Millikan 16. Expressions of Mind in Animal Behavior Colin Beer PART VI. CONSCIOUSNESS AND SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS 17. Self-Awareness, with Specific References to Coleoid Cephalopods Martin H. Moynihan 18. Silent Partners? Observations on Some Systematic Relations among Observer Perspective, Theory, and Behavior Duane Quiatt 19. Common Sense and the Mental Lives of Animals: An Empirical Approach Harold A. Herzog and Shelley Galvin 20. Amending Tinbergen: A Fifth Aim for Ethology Gordon M. Burghardt 21. A Phenomenological Approach to the Study of Nonhuman Animals Kenneth J. Shapiro 22. Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Mirrors Karyl B. Swartz and Si'n Evans PART VII. COGNITION 23. Cognitive Ethology: Slayers, Skeptics, and Proponenets Marc Bekoff and Colin Allen 24. Animal Cognition Versus Animal Thinking: The Anthropomorphic Error Hank Davis 25. Anthropomorphism Is the Null Hypothesis and Recapitulationism Is the Bogeyman in Comparative Developmental Evolutionary Studies Sue Taylor Parker PART VIII. LANGUAGE 26. Anthropocentrism and the Study of Animal Language Judith Kiriazis and Con N. Slobodchikoff 27. Pinnipeds, Porpoises, and Parsimony: Animal Language Research Viewed from a Bottom-up Perspective Ronald J. Schusterman and Robert C. Gisiner 28. Anthropomorphism, Apes, and Language H. Lyn Miles PART IX. COMPARING PERSPECTIVES 29. Anthropomorphism and Anecdotes: A Guide for the Perplexed Robert W. Mitchell List of Contributors References Indexes
Synopsis
People commonly think that animals are psychologically like themselves (anthropomorphism), and describe what animals do in narratives (anecdotes) that support these psychological interpretations. This is the first book to evaluate the significance and usefulness of the practices of anthropomorphism and anecdotalism for understanding animals. Diverse perspectives are presented in thoughtful, critical essays by historians, philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists, behaviorists, biologists, primatologists, and ethologists. The nature of anthropomorphism and anecdotal analysis is examined; social, cultural, and historical attitudes toward them are presented; and scientific attitudes are appraised. Authors provide fascinating in-depth descriptions and analyses of diverse species of animals, including octopi, great apes, monkeys, dogs, sea lions, and, of course, human beings. Concerns about, and proposals for, evaluations of a variety of psychological aspects of animals are discussed, including mental state attribution, intentionality, cognition, consciousness, self-consciousness, and language., Evaluates the significance and usefulness of anthropomorphism for the scientific understanding of animals by presenting diverse ideas from historians, philosophers, anthropologists, primatologists, psychologists, behaviorists, and ethologists. People commonly think that animals are psychologically like themselves (anthropomorphism), and describe what animals do in narratives (anecdotes) that support these psychological interpretations. This is the first book to evaluate the significance and usefulness of the practices of anthropomorphism and anecdotalism for understanding animals. Diverse perspectives are presented in thoughtful, critical essays by historians, philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists, behaviorists, biologists, primatologists, and ethologists. The nature of anthropomorphism and anecdotal analysis is examined; social, cultural, and historical attitudes toward them are presented; and scientific attitudes are appraised. Authors provide fascinating in-depth descriptions and analyses of diverse species of animals, including octopi, great apes, monkeys, dogs, sea lions, and, of course, human beings. Concerns about, and proposals for, evaluations of a variety of psychological aspects of animals are discussed, including mental state attribution, intentionality, cognition, consciousness, self-consciousness, and language., Evaluates the significance and usefulness of anthropomorphism for the scientific understanding of animals by presenting diverse ideas from historians, philosophers, anthropologists, primatologists, psychologists, behaviorists, and ethologists.
LC Classification Number
QL785.A74 1997
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