{"product_id":"anthropomorphism-anecdotes-and-animals-paperback","title":"Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Animals - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert W. Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNicholas S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eH. Lyn Miles\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvaluates the significance and usefulness of anthropomorphism for the scientific understanding of animals by presenting diverse ideas from historians, philosophers, anthropologists, primatologists, psychologists, behaviorists, and ethologists.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople commonly think that animals are psychologically like themselves (anthropomorphism), and describe what animals do in narratives (anecdotes) that support these psychological interpretations. This is the first book to evaluate the significance and usefulness of the practices of anthropomorphism and anecdotalism for understanding animals. Diverse perspectives are presented in thoughtful, critical essays by historians, philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists, behaviorists, biologists, primatologists, and ethologists. The nature of anthropomorphism and anecdotal analysis is examined; social, cultural, and historical attitudes toward them are presented; and scientific attitudes are appraised. Authors provide fascinating in-depth descriptions and analyses of diverse species of animals, including octopi, great apes, monkeys, dogs, sea lions, and, of course, human beings. Concerns about, and proposals for, evaluations of a variety of psychological aspects of animals are discussed, including mental state attribution, intentionality, cognition, consciousness, self-consciousness, and language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert W. Mitchell \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Psychology at Eastern Kentucky University and co-edited \u003ci\u003eDeception: Perspectives on Human and Nonhuman Deceit\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by SUNY Press. \u003cb\u003eNicholas S. Thompson \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Psychology and Ethology at Clark University and editor of the Perspectives in Ethology series of Plenum Press. \u003cb\u003eH. Lyn Miles \u003c\/b\u003eis UC Foundation Professor of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga and Director of Project Chantek.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 538\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9.01 x 5.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290342830329,"sku":"9780791431269","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/xAlzOT2bIh9780791431269.webp?v=1776283119","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/anthropomorphism-anecdotes-and-animals-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}