Studying the cognitive states of animals: Epistemology, ethology and ethics

The question of cognitive endowment in animals has been fiercely debated in the scientific community during the last couple of decades (for example, in cognitive ethology and behaviourism), and indeed, all throughout the long history of natural philosophy (from Plato and Aristotle, via Descartes, to...

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Main Author: Otto Lehto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2009-12-01
Series:Sign Systems Studies
Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/15552