Animal Minds

Front Cover\r......Page 1
Title Page\r......Page 4
Copyright\r......Page 6
Contents\r......Page 7
Preface\r......Page 8
CHAPTER ONE Animal Mentality......Page 12
Definitions......Page 21
Significant Ideas about Animal Consciousness......Page 28
Objections of \"Inclusive Behaviorists\"......Page 30
Limitations of the Objections......Page 34
The Inverse \"Clever Hans Error\"......Page 35
Discredit by Exaggeration......Page 37
Reasons to Infer Animal Consciousness......Page 38
CHAPTER TWO Finding Food......Page 39
Foraging Decisions by Bumblebees......Page 40
Prey Selection by Starlings and Wagtails......Page 41
Blackbirds\' Decisions about Feeding Ecology......Page 42
Oystercatchers\' Mussel-opening Techniques......Page 45
Darwin\'s Finches......Page 46
Searching Images......Page 48
lit Tactics......Page 50
Dropping Shellfish on Hard Surfaces......Page 54
Caches......Page 56
CHAPTER THREE Predation......Page 60
Pike and Minnows......Page 61
Drowning Prey......Page 64
Predation on the East African Plains......Page 65
Mutual Monitoring by Predators and Prey......Page 68
Playing with Prey......Page 71
Cooperative Hunting......Page 72
CHAPTER FOUR Construction of Artifacts......Page 78
Ant Lions......Page 79
Caddis Fly Cases......Page 80
Insect Nests......Page 83
Bird Nests......Page 88
Bowerbird Bowers......Page 91
Beaver Engineering......Page 98
CHAPTER FIVE Tools and Special Devices......Page 112
Burying and Cooling Young......Page 119
Fishing Techniques of Herons......Page 121
CHAPTER SIX Concepts......Page 126
Behavioristic Inhibitions......Page 127
Experimental Analysis of Animal Cognition......Page 130
Life in the Skinner Box......Page 135
CHAPTER SEVEN Physiological Indices of Thinking......Page 153
Lateralization of Brain Mechanisms Controlling Communicative Signals......Page 154
Physiological Indices of Conscious Thinking......Page 158
CHAPTER EIGHT Communication as Evidence of Thinking......Page 165
Semantic Alarm Calls......Page 167
Semantic Screams......Page 171
Audience Effects......Page 173
Honeyguides......Page 175
A Parrot Who Means What He Says......Page 180
CHAPTER NINE Symbolic Communication......Page 186
The Symbolic Dances of Honeybees......Page 189
CHAPTER TEN Dection and Manipulation......Page 206
Firefly Communication and Deception......Page 208
Mantis Shrimps......Page 210
Deceptive Alarm Calls......Page 211
Predator Distraction Displays......Page 214
Deceptive Behavior of Monkeys and Apes......Page 220
CHAPTER ELEVEN Apes and Dolphins......Page 222
Ape Language......Page 229
CHAPTER TWELVE The Significance of Animal Consciousness......Page 244
Philosophical Issues......Page 247
Thoughtless Brutes?......Page 250
Self-awareness and Ethical Issues......Page 256
Scientific Significance......Page 263
Conscious Instincts......Page 265
Animal Dreams and Fantasies......Page 269
Bibliography......Page 272
Index......Page 308
Back Cover......Page 322