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To understand a cat : methodology and philosophy /
To understand a cat: methodology and philosophy rests on the realization that the everyday behavior of a cat (but other animals too) should be understood through a new approach, namely methodological dualism. It appeals to mechanistic explanation models and to mentalistic explanation models. It puts...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Advances in consciousness research ;
v. 70. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | To understand a cat: methodology and philosophy rests on the realization that the everyday behavior of a cat (but other animals too) should be understood through a new approach, namely methodological dualism. It appeals to mechanistic explanation models and to mentalistic explanation models. It puts up the methodological idea that these models have to be combined in one theoretical structure according to the scientific game-rules. This approach shows that specific mentalistic explanations are generated from explanation models or schemes, which meet the demands of the scientific games-rules; an. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 253 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-245) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027292094 9027292094 9789027252067 9027252068 |