Minding Dogs: Humans, Canine Companions, and a New Philosophy of Cognitive Science Merritt Michele
Minding Dogs: Humans, Canine Companions, and a New Philosophy of Cognitive Science Merritt Michele While the past decade has seen a surge of research regarding canine cognition, this newfound…
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Minding Dogs: Humans, Canine Companions, and a New Philosophy of Cognitive Science Merritt Michele
While the past decade has seen a surge of research regarding canine cognition, this newfound interest has not caught the attention of many philosophers. Theories range from Cartesian disavowal of all nonhuman intelligence to arguments that even fish have complex minds and therefore humans should not eat them. Studies pertaining to dog minds have been pouring out of canine cognition labs all over the world, but they remain relatively ensconced within the scientific, sociological, and anthropological communities, and very little philosophical thought on dog cognition exists.Philosophers certainly have not shied away from theorizing about the nature of nonhuman animal cognition generally.
Even less common, if not entirely nonexistent, is a critical examination of the Serious philosophical considerations about dogs and their relationship to humans, however, remain incredibly rare.