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Anthropomorphism, anecdotes, and animals /

People commonly think that animals are psychologically like themselves (anthropomorphism), and describe what animals do in narratives (anecdotes) that support these psychological interpretations. This is the first book to evaluate the significance and usefulness of the practices of anthropomorphism...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mitchell, Robert W., 1958-, Thompson, Nicholas S., Miles, H. Lyn, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997.
Colección:SUNY series in philosophy and biology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Frans B.M. de Waal
  • 1. Taking Anthropomorphism and Anecdotes Seriously / Robert W. Mitchell, Nicholas S. Thompson and H. Lyn Miles
  • 2. Dogs, Darwinism, and English Sensibilities / Elizabeth Knoll
  • 3. Why Anthropomorphism Is Not Metaphor: Crossing Concepts and Cultures in Animal Behavior Studies / Pamela J. Asquith
  • 4. Amorphism, Mechanomorphism, and Anthropomorphism / Emanuela Cenami Spada
  • 5. Anthropomorphism: A Definition and a Theory / Stewart Elliott Guthrie
  • 6. Why Anthropomorhize? Folk Psychology and Other Stories / Linnda R. Caporael and Cecilia M. Heyes
  • 7. Anthropomorphism and the Evolution of Social Intelligence: A Comparative Approach / Gordon G. Gallup, Jr., Lori Marino and Timothy J. Eddy
  • 8. Panmorphism / Daniel J. Povinelli
  • 9. Anthropomorphism and Scientific Evidence for Animal Mental States / Hugh Lehman
  • 10. Anthropomorphism in Mother-Infant Interaction: Cultural Imperative or Scientific Acumen? / Robert L. Russell.