Animal Minds

A scientist explores the possibility that animals have thoughts and feelings, demonstrating that some animals engage in foraging, predatory tactics, tool use, and other "human" traits. By the author of The Question of Animal Awareness.

Science & Math

Griffin, Donald R.

Biological Sciences

University of Chicago Press

In Animal Minds, Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines, incapable of conscious thoughts or emotional feelings? How can we tell? Such questions have long fascinated Griffin, who has been a pioneer at the forefront of research in animal cognition for decades, and is recognized as one of the leading behavioral ecologists of the twentieth century. With this new edition of his classic book, which he has completely revised and updated, Griffin moves beyond considerations of animal cognition to argue that scientists can and should investigate questions of animal consciousness. Using examples from studies of species ranging from chimpanzees and dolphins to birds and honeybees, he demonstrates how communication among animals can serve as a "window" into what animals think and feel, just as human speech and nonverbal communication tell us most of what we know about the thoughts and feelings of other people. Even when they don't communicate about it, animals respond with sometimes surprising versatility to new situations for which neither their genes nor their previous experiences have prepared them, and Griffin discusses what these behaviors can tell us about animal minds. He also reviews the latest research in cognitive neuroscience, which has revealed startling similarities in the neural mechanisms underlying brain functioning in both humans and other animals. Finally, in four chapters greatly expanded for this edition, Griffin considers the latest scientific research on animal consciousness, pro and con, and explores its profound philosophical and ethical implications.

Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

In 'Animal Minds', Donald R. Griffin takes us on a guided tour of the recent explosion of scientific research on animal mentality. Are animals consciously aware of anything, or are they merely living machines, incapable of conscious thoughts or emotional feelings? How can we tell? Such questions have long fascinated Griffin, who has been a pioneer at the forefront of research in animal cognition for decades, and is recognized as one of the leading behavioural ecologists of the twentieth century. With this new edition of his classic book, which he has completely revised and updated, Griffin moves beyond considerations of animal cognition to argue that scientists can and should investigate questions of animal consciousness.

Univ of Chicago Pr

How can bats flying blindly detect 1/100 inch wires from several feet away, dodge stalactites in pitch-dark caves, catch insects on the wing or fish in motion just below the surface of the water, and find their way back to their home roost? In this remarkable book, a pioneering scientist in the areas of neurobiology and behavior explains in layperson's language just how bats can "see" with their ears.

Listening in the dark;: The acoustic orientation of bats and men,

Dover Publications

Examines the findings of scientific research into the thought processes of animals and argues that animals are capable of conscious thought.

Animal Thinking

Harvard University Press

Slight shelf wear. Pages are clean and binding is tight.

Animal Engineering: Readings from Scientific American

W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd

Animal engineering;: Readings from Scientific American,

W.H.Freeman

Listening in the Dark: The Acoustic Orientation of Bats and Men

Cornell University Press

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Animal Minds

Animal Minds

Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness

Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness

Listening in the dark;: The acoustic orientation of bats and men,

Animal Thinking

Animal Thinking

Animal Engineering: Readings from Scientific American

Animal engineering;: Readings from Scientific American,

Listening in the Dark: The Acoustic Orientation of Bats and Men