World without weight : perspectives on an alien mind / Daniel Povinelli ; in collaboration with Nicholas G. Ballew [and others].

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 fo...

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Main Author: Povinelli, Daniel J. (Author)
Other Authors: Ballew, Nicholas G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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520 8 |a 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. 
505 0 |a Cover; Contents; List of Contributed Essays in Order of Appearance; Epigraphs; Epigraph Acknowledgments; 1 Weight as a Matter of Fact; 2 Dissecting Weight; 3 Weight Lifting; 4 Weight Sorting; 5 Weight as Impediment; 6 The Impact of Weight; 7 Close Imposters: Balance, Support, and Deformation; 8 Developing f (WEIGHT); 9 Some Heavy Lifting ... Over Dinner; Afterword: World Without Apes?; References; Appendix I: Some Folk Psychological Challenges to the Objective Study of Ape Intelligence; Appendix II: Timeline of Experiments 1-29 with Group Megan; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M 
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