MENTAL CONTENT AND EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATION

被引：10
作者：
ALLEN, C
机构：
[1] Department of Philosophy, Texas A and M University
来源：
BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY | 1992年 / 7卷 / 01期
关键词：
COGNITIVE ETHOLOGY; MENTAL CONTENT; MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS; EVOLUTION;
D O I：
10.1007/BF00130160
中图分类号：
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号：
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要：
Cognitive ethology is the comparative study of animal cognition from an evolutionary perspective. As a sub-discipline of biology it shares interest in questions concerning the immediate causes and development of behavior. As a part of ethology it is also concerned with questions about the function and evolution of behavior. I examine some recent work in cognitive ethology, and I argue that the notions of mental content and representation are important to enable researchers to answer questions and state generalizations about the function and evolution of behavior.
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