Learning from Animals?
Examining the Nature of Human Uniqueness
Human language, cognition, and culture are unique; they are unparalleled in the animal kingdom. The claim that we can learn what makes us human by studying other animal species provokes vigorous reactions and many deny that comparative research can shed any light on the origins and character of human distinctive capacities. However, Learning from Animals? presents empirical research and an analysis of comparative approaches for an understanding of human uniqueness, arguing that we cannot know what capacities are uniquely human until we learn what other species can do.This interdisciplinary volume explores the prospects and problems of compara…
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Weitere Autoren: Neumann-Held, Eva M. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-135-43023-8
- EAN: 9781135430238
- Produktnummer: 14831637
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 873 KB
- Abbildungen: 14 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 4 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 10 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Louise S. Röska-Hardy studied philosophy and linguistics, before taking her doctorate in philosophy, sociology, and linguistics in Frankfurt am Main. She has taught philosophy and linguistics at universities in Germany, Switzerland, and the USA.Eva M. Neumann-Held studied biology and philosophy. As researcher and lecturer she participated in numerous biophilosophical projects, among them Genome and Organisms: Philosophical Interpretations of Developmental Biology. Currently she lectures in philosophy and biophilosophy at the University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany.Röska-Hardy and Neumann-Held are among the founders of the interdisciplinary research group What are human beings? Culture-Language-Nature (University of Dortmund and KWI).
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