%A W.H. Dittrich %J Animal Behaviour %T Book review of Allen & Bekoff (1997) on Cognitive Ethology %X In this review of Allen & Bekoff's Species of Mind (1997), underlying theoretical assumptions of cognitive ethology are examined from a biological and philosophical viewpoint. In particular, the aim of the book to constitute a foundational concept for cognitive ethology is addressed. The ambiguity of theory-of-mind approaches in animal cognition is discussed as a major problem for causal explanations in behavioural biology. %K cognitive ethology, consciousness, intentionality, folk psychology, theory-of-mind approach, behaviourism, animal cognition, philosophy of science, methodology, animal behaviour, naturalizing the mind, mental continuity %P 1305-1307 %V 56 %D 1998 %L cogprints181