The Bat, other Animals and the Question of Animal Consciousness.

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Autor(a) principal: Ades, César
Data de Publicação: 1997
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Psicologia USP (Online)
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/psicousp/article/view/107591
Resumo: AbstractrThis article addresses the question of whether a cognitive ethology, based on the study of animal conscious experiences, is possible. I argue that although it may be said that animals are conscious, in the sense of being aware of internal and environmental events, there is no way to obtain an accurate knowledge of such awareness states. I set out a number of reasons why attempts to read animal conscious experience through perceptual translations, antropomorphical analogies and behavioral criteria are of limited help. I believe that knowledge of what an animal is originate from careful observation of this animal's interactions with specific social and environmental circumstances and involves a reconstruction of its peculiar ways of representing the context.
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spelling The Bat, other Animals and the Question of Animal Consciousness.O Morcego, Outros Bichos e a Questão da Consciência AnimalConsciousness. Animals. Animal ethology. Cognition.Consciência. Animais. Etologia animal. Cognição.AbstractrThis article addresses the question of whether a cognitive ethology, based on the study of animal conscious experiences, is possible. I argue that although it may be said that animals are conscious, in the sense of being aware of internal and environmental events, there is no way to obtain an accurate knowledge of such awareness states. I set out a number of reasons why attempts to read animal conscious experience through perceptual translations, antropomorphical analogies and behavioral criteria are of limited help. I believe that knowledge of what an animal is originate from careful observation of this animal's interactions with specific social and environmental circumstances and involves a reconstruction of its peculiar ways of representing the context.Examino criticamente a proposta de uma etologia cognitiva que queira centrar-se no estudo da consciência dos animais. Argumento que, embora possa dizer-se que os animais possuem consciência, no sentido de que se dão conta de eventos internos ou externos, não há como chegar ao conhecimento exato dos conteúdos desta consciência. Aponto os limites das tentativas de leitura da consciência baseadas em traduções perceptuais, em analogias antropomórficas e no uso de critérios comportamentais. O conhecimento de um animal fundamenta-se na observação de como se comporta nas circunstâncias que lhe são peculiares, e consiste numa reconstituição que respeita seus modos próprios de representação e de ajustamento.Universidade de São Paulo. Instituto de Psicologia1997-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/psicousp/article/view/10759110.1590/psicousp.v8i2.107591Psicologia USP; v. 8 n. 2 (1997); 129-157Psicologia USP; Vol. 8 No. 2 (1997); 129-157Psicologia USP; Vol. 8 Núm. 2 (1997); 129-1571678-51770103-6564reponame:Psicologia USP (Online)instname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPporhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/psicousp/article/view/107591/106010Copyright (c) 2016 Psicologia USPinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAdes, César2015-12-15T12:17:02Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/107591Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/psicouspPUBhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/psicousp/oairevpsico@usp.br1678-51770103-6564opendoar:2015-12-15T12:17:02Psicologia USP (Online) - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Bat, other Animals and the Question of Animal Consciousness.
O Morcego, Outros Bichos e a Questão da Consciência Animal
title The Bat, other Animals and the Question of Animal Consciousness.
spellingShingle The Bat, other Animals and the Question of Animal Consciousness.
Ades, César
Consciousness. Animals. Animal ethology. Cognition.
Consciência. Animais. Etologia animal. Cognição.
title_short The Bat, other Animals and the Question of Animal Consciousness.
title_full The Bat, other Animals and the Question of Animal Consciousness.
title_fullStr The Bat, other Animals and the Question of Animal Consciousness.
title_full_unstemmed The Bat, other Animals and the Question of Animal Consciousness.
title_sort The Bat, other Animals and the Question of Animal Consciousness.
author Ades, César
author_facet Ades, César
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ades, César
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Consciousness. Animals. Animal ethology. Cognition.
Consciência. Animais. Etologia animal. Cognição.
topic Consciousness. Animals. Animal ethology. Cognition.
Consciência. Animais. Etologia animal. Cognição.
description AbstractrThis article addresses the question of whether a cognitive ethology, based on the study of animal conscious experiences, is possible. I argue that although it may be said that animals are conscious, in the sense of being aware of internal and environmental events, there is no way to obtain an accurate knowledge of such awareness states. I set out a number of reasons why attempts to read animal conscious experience through perceptual translations, antropomorphical analogies and behavioral criteria are of limited help. I believe that knowledge of what an animal is originate from careful observation of this animal's interactions with specific social and environmental circumstances and involves a reconstruction of its peculiar ways of representing the context.
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