title: Is the monkeys' world scientifically impenetrable?
creator: Dittrich, Winand
subject: Animal Behavior
subject: Animal Cognition
subject: Behavioral Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Ethology
subject: Evolution
subject: Population Biology
subject: Primatology
subject: Sociobiology
subject: Theoretical Biology
description: Cheney & Seyfarth (C&S) argue for a hybrid approach which 'place (empiricistic findings) tentatively within the framework of a more mentalistic approach'(p.9). The book is an important contribution to clarify the value and limits of the intentional approach in interpreting monkey behaviour, particularly C&S's excellent field work with vervets. But, unintentionally, it also demonstrates that cognitive science is more a perspective than a scientific discipline. In order to illustrate this, I shall consider the following topics: evolution of intelligence, concept formation, philosophy of science
date: 1992
type: Journal (Paginated)
type: PeerReviewed
format: text/plain
identifier: http://cogprints.org/178/1/BBS1.htm
identifier:   Dittrich, Winand  (1992) Is the monkeys' world scientifically impenetrable?  [Journal (Paginated)]     
relation: http://cogprints.org/178/