Do Animals Think?

ljk — 3/22/2006 8:01:37 PM (archived)

Do Animals Think?

Clive D. L. Wynne

To read the entire book description or a sample chapter, please visit:

http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/7702.html

In this provocative book, noted animal expert Clive Wynne debunks some commonly held notions about our furry friends. It may be romantic to ascribe human qualities to critters, he argues, but it's not very realistic. While animals are by no means dumb, they don't think the same way we do.

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Do Animals Think? - ljk - 3/22/2006 8:01:37 PM
- Once there were other intelligent, thinking animals... - sz - 3/26/2006 11:12:29 PM
  - re: Once there were other intelligent, thinking animals... - ljk - 3/27/2006 2:52:13 PM
    - I don't think there's any evidence of inter-species warfare... - alcaray - 3/27/2006 7:26:49 PM
      - Well, there is evidence of INTRA-species warfare... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 3:55:56 AM
        
        Is there, from that period? - alcaray - 3/29/2006 4:13:27 PM
        
        Depends on what you call war... Great link at the end of post... - R.L. - 3/30/2006 2:26:53 AM
      - re: I don't think there's any evidence of inter-species warfare... - Robert - 3/28/2006 12:46:17 AM
        
        It probably wasn't that deliberate or planned - sz - 3/28/2006 3:46:57 AM
        
        I disagree - Buck Galaxy - 3/28/2006 8:40:50 AM
        
        In the end, there can be only one. (n/t) - HighLEEnder - 3/28/2006 7:55:11 PM
        
        It was claimed that the neanderthals had WMD... (n/t) - Oh, nevermind - 3/28/2006 9:06:30 AM
- The Relationship Between Language and Reasoning. - David F Mayer - 3/26/2006 5:24:46 AM
- re: While animals are by no means dumb,--- - Johannes - 3/23/2006 6:57:50 PM
  - re: While animals are by no means dumb,--- - ljk - 3/27/2006 2:53:15 PM
    - What do you mena!? Chimps don't fight...! - Buck Galaxy - 3/28/2006 8:47:11 AM
    - re: re:In that case, they are just as smart as we are;-) (n/t) - Johannes - 3/27/2006 6:28:40 PM
  - Do some reading on Japanese honey bees and their self taught defense against hornets. - Lee - 3/24/2006 6:48:49 AM

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