
Minds Of Their Own
Thinking And Awareness In Animals
Lesley J. Rogers(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 13. June 2019
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-367-09866-7 (ISBN)
Description
Do Animals have ideas? Do they experience pain like humans? Do they think about objects that they cannot see? About situations that have occurred in the past? Do they consciously make plans for the future or do they simply react unthinkingly to objects as they appear and situations as they arise? All of these questions have bearing on whether or not animals have consciousness. The advent of computers that ?think? has lead us to consider ?intelligence? in a way we never thought possible a decade ago. But when and how does information processing in the brain become automatic?In Minds of Their Own, Lesley J. Rogers examines the issue of animal thought both sympathetically and critically by looking at the different behavior characteristics of a variety of animals, the evolution of the brain and when consciousness might have evolved. To most people, to be conscious means to be aware of oneself as well as to be aware of others. But does this hold true for animals? The answer may have implications which transcend mere scientific inquiry: if animals are cognizant creatures, what, if any, moral responsibility do humans have to assure their rights? This timely book examines this issue and others by emphasizing comparisons between humans and animals: how we evolved; how we remember; how we learn.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 127 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-09866-7 (9780367098667)
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Person
Lesley J Rogers
Content
* Not Simply Machines * Awareness of Self and Others * Mental Images, Memory and Intelligence * Evolving a Brain for Consciousness * Evolution of the Human Brain and Mind * Future Research on Animal Minds * Thinking, Feeling and Animal Rights