Do Animals Think?Princeton University Press, 31 Okt 2013 - 288 halaman 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 are thinking) nor the capacity for higher-level reasoning. So, in Wynne's view, when Fido greets your arrival by nudging your leg, he's more apt to be asking for dinner than commiserating with your job stress. |
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2 The Secrets of the Honeybee Machine | 13 |
3 How Noble in Reason | 46 |
4 What Is It Like to Be a Bat? | 84 |
5 Talk to Me | 106 |
6 The Pigeon That Saved a Battalion | 139 |
7 Monkey See Monkey Do? | 162 |