Tool use and causal cognition
McCormack, Teresa.
Hoerl, Christoph.
Butterfill, Stephen A. (Stephen Andrew)
text
enk
Oxford
Oxford University Press
2011
monographic
eng
1 online resource (ix, 255 p.) : ill.
Does the study of tool use provide us with a distinctive or unique source of information about the causal cognition of tool users? This book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on these issues with contributions from psychologists studying tool use and philosophers providing new analyses of the nature of causal understanding.
specialized
edited by Teresa McCormack, Christoph Hoerl, and Stephen Butterfill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cognition
Causation
Tool use in animals
Tools
Social aspects
Cognition and culture
BF311 .T653 2011
153.4
Consciousness and self-consciousness
9780191731259 (ebook) :
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199571154.001.0001
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199571154.001.0001
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