Umysły zwierząt: między naiwnym antropomorfizmem a dogmatycznym antroponegacjonizmem

• Authors: Zbigniew Wróblewski

Title variants

EN

Animal Minds: between naive anthropomorphism and dogmatic anthropodenial

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The research on animal cognitive capacities is mostly determined by two contrasting methodological attitudes: naive anthropomorphism and dogmatic anthropodenial. The former is defined as fallacious (naive) projecting cognitive, emotional and linguistic capacities of humans on animal world; the latter is denying essential similarities between human being and animals in order to emphasize qualitative differences between these two worlds. Between those attitudes there is some space for putting forward intermediate viewpoints, which include the heuristic value of critical anthropomorphism and indicate those similarities and differences between humans and animals, which deter- mine proanimal moral actions.

Keywords

EN

anthropomorphism,; anthropodenial,; cognitive ethology,; animal minds

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
• Journal: Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 83-95

Dates

published

2016-12-24

Contributors

author

Zbigniew Wróblewski