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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 th...

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Other Authors: McCormack, Teresa, Hoerl, Christoph, Butterfill, Stephen A. (Stephen Andrew)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Consciousness and self-consciousness.
Subjects:
Cognition.
Causation.
Tool use in animals.
Tools > Social aspects.
Cognition and culture.
Culture.
Cognition
Causality
Culture
Tool Use Behavior
Usage de l'instrument chez les animaux.
Cognition et culture.
Causalité.
cognition.
culture note.
culture (concept)
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
Causation
Cognition and culture
Tool use in animals
Tools > Social aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191625435
0191625434
0191731250
9780191731259