If a Lion Could Talk  -  Stephen Budiansky

KORTE INHOUD

Modern cognitive science and the new science of evolutionary ecology are beginning to show that thinking in animals is tremendously complex and wonderful in its variety. A pigeon's ability to find its way home from almost anywhere has little to do with comparative intelligence; rather it is due to the pigeon's very different perception of the world. That's why, as Wittgenstein said, "If a lion could talk, we would not understand him." In this fascinating book, Budiansky frees us from the shackles of our ide...
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1998 Uitgever: Free Press 219 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0965068250 ISBN-13: 9780965068253