World without weight
Subtitle: perspectives on an alien mind
By: Daniel Povinelli ; in collaboration with Nicholas G. Ballew ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ballew, Nicholas G.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780198570967
Subjects: Cognition; Wahrnehmung; Comparative Psychology; Schwere; Schimpanse
Description: In every domain of reasoning humans deploy a wide range of intuitive 'theories' about how the world works. So are we alone in trying to make sense of the world by postulating theoretical entities to explain how the world works, or do we share this ability with other species? This is the focus of Povinelli's book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-342) and index.