The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Animal Minds (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (592 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073RP2B1M |
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| Number of Pages | : | 255 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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While philosophers have been interested in animals since ancient times, in the last few decades the subject of animal minds has emerged as a major topic in philosophy. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Animal Minds is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychology, ethics, and related disciplines such as ethology, biology, psychology, linguistics, and anthropology.. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Animal Minds is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising nearly fifty chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into eight parts:Mental representationReasoning and metacognitionConsciousness MindreadingCommunicationSocial cognition and cultureAssociation, simplicity, and modelingEthics.Within these sections, central issues, debates, and problems are examined, including: whether and how animals represent and reason about the world; how animal cognition differs from human cognition;
It is hard to imagine any reader who will not find something in these pages that will excite his or her own mind." - Peter Singer, Princeton University, USA; author of Animal Liberation"This is exciting stuff! A new field of philosophy has come of age and this broad ranging volume has assembled an all-star collection of authors. For anyone interested in animals and their mental life, it will be the go-to volume for the next decade." - Stephen Stich, Rutgers University, USA"What is it like to be a non-human being? In penetrating, sometimes entertaining chapters, numerous authors summarize the many approaches to the many parts of the answer to that question. It is a great resou
Kristin Andrews is York Research Chair in Animal Minds in the Department of Philosophy at York University in Toronto, Canada, and is the author of two books: Do Apes Read Minds? Toward a New Folk Psychology (2012) and The Animal Mind (Routledge 2015). . Jacob Beck