creators_name: Dittrich, W.H.
type: journalp
datestamp: 1998-12-02
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:53:43
metadata_visibility: show
title: Book review of Allen & Bekoff (1997) on Cognitive Ethology
ispublished: pub
subjects: bio-theory
subjects: phil-mind
full_text_status: public
keywords: cognitive ethology, consciousness, intentionality, folk psychology, theory-of-mind approach, behaviourism, animal cognition, philosophy of science, methodology, animal behaviour, naturalizing the mind, mental continuity
abstract: In this review of Allen & Bekoff's Species of Mind (1997), underlying theoretical assumptions of cognitive ethology are examined from a biological and philosophical viewpoint. In particular, the aim of the book to constitute a foundational concept for cognitive ethology is addressed. The ambiguity of theory-of-mind approaches in animal cognition is discussed as a major problem for causal explanations in behavioural biology.
date: 1998
date_type: published
publication: Animal Behaviour
volume: 56
pagerange: 1305-1307
refereed: TRUE
citation:   Dittrich, W.H.  (1998) Book review of Allen & Bekoff (1997) on Cognitive Ethology.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/181/1/anbeh98.htm