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Chris Frith on Animals - Dictionary of Arguments
I 131 Animal/animal experiments/behavior/Frith: we know nothing about the experience of animals, we can only observe their behavior. I 228 Learning/imitation/animal/Frith: animals can also learn by imitation: e.g. mountain gorillas show their offspring, how nettles are folded inside, in order not to bring the hairs into contact with the lips. Animal: difference to humans: the gorillas show no interest in encouraging their offspring to learn. They also show little interest in what their offspring does at all. Learning/human/child/Frith: the baby knows when its mother is interested in it. When an object is dropped and the mother says "shit!", the baby does not draw the conclusion that this is a word for the object._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Frith I Chris Frith Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World, Hoboken/NJ 2007 German Edition: Wie unser Gehirn die Welt erschafft Heidelberg 2013 |