Rational animals?

Rational animals?

by Hurley, Susan Nudds, Matthew

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To what extent can animal behaviour be described as rational? What does it even mean to describe behaviour as rational?This book focuses on one of the major debates in science today - how closely does mental processing in animals resembles mental processing in humans. It addresses the question of whether and to what extent non-human animals are rational, that is, whether any animal behaviour can be regarded as the result of a rational thought processes.

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  • Full title :Rational animals?

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To what extent can animal behaviour be described as rational? What does it even mean to describe behaviour as rational?This book focuses on one of the major debates in science today - how closely does mental processing in animals resembles mental processing in humans. It addresses the question of whether and to what extent non-human animals are rational, that is, whether any animal behaviour can be regarded as the result of a rational thought processes.

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  • Publication Date:2006

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  • Description:561 p.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780198528272, 9780198528265, 0198528264, 0198528272
  • oclc:ocn474654057
  • LC Classification:QL785

Subjects

Animal intelligence Animaux -- Intelligence Cognition chez les animaux Cognition in animals Pensée Thinking Thought and thinking

Writers

Hurley, Susan Nudds, Matthew

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