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- From: kmc@netcom.com (Kevin McCarty)
- Subject: Re: Searle on animal consciousness
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.090358.10915@netcom.com>
- Organization: Self
- References: <tim.728091182@giaeb> <1993Jan27.173008.4198@psych.toronto.edu> <1993Jan27.193135.5046@newssun.med.miami.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 09:03:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.193135.5046@newssun.med.miami.edu> dbrown@newssun.med.miami.edu (Daniel Brown) writes:
- >There is a good collection of papers on attempts to scientifically
- >demonstrate the extent of cognitive faculties (esp. levels of
- >thought, e.g. intentionality):
- >
- > _Cognitive_Ethology:_
- > ed by Carolyn Ristau
- >
- >The first few chapters have some pretty weak overviews of the relevant
- >work in philosophy, but the scientific contributions are very interesting.
- >
- >Also, see
- >
- > _Animal_Thinking_
- > by Donald Griffin
- >
- > _Gavagai!_
- > by David Premack
- >
- >Both discuss the possibilities of animal intelligence from a more
- >philosophical perspective.
- >
- >Dan
-
- See also
-
- _Animal Thought_
- by Stephen Walker
-
- I found the book by Donald Griffin to be unsatisfactory.
- He wasn't very careful about making relevant arguments,
- and his writing is more in the nature of persuasive anecdotes
- than thoughtful argument bolstered by a survey of evidence.
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- Kevin McCarty (kmc@netcom.com)
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