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Animal Consciousness
By Daisie Radner, Michael Radner
256 pages
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- Prometheus Books
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- Amherst, NY
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- 1996
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Synopsis
Any intelligent debate on the ethical treatment of animals hinges on understanding their mental processes. The idea that consciousness in animals is beyond comprehension is usually traced to the 17th-century philosopher Rene Descartes whose concept of animals as beast machines lacking consciousness influenced arguments for more than 200 years. But in reviewing Descartes' theory of mind, Daisie and Michael Radner demonstrate in Animal Consciousness that he did not hold the view so frequently attributed ...
Any intelligent debate on the ethical treatment of animals hinges on understanding their mental processes. The idea that consciousness in animals is beyond comprehension is usually traced to the 17th-century philosopher Rene Descartes whose concept of animals as beast machines lacking consciousness influenced arguments for more than 200 years. But in reviewing Descartes' theory of mind, Daisie and Michael Radner demonstrate in Animal Consciousness that he did not hold the view so frequently attributed to him. In fact, they contend that Descartes distinguished two types of consciousness, which make it easier to discuss the conscious experiences of animals and to trace the debate into the post-Darwinian era.
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Table of contents
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- Animal Consciousness *
- Animal Consciousness *
- Contents 5
- Introduction 7
- Part One the Breakdown of the Beast-Machine *
- Introduction 13
- 1: Cartesian Consciousness 19
- 2: Descartes's Two Tests 37
- 3: Senseless Brutes 59
- 4: God and the Beast-Machine 79
- 5: A Debauchery of Reason 97
- Part Two Science and Animal Mind: Descartes's Legacy *
- Introduction 117
- 6: What Happened to Consciousness? 121
- 7: Animal Communication 149
- 8: Three Fables of Animal Mindlessness 173
- Animal Consciousness *
- Animal Consciousness *
- Contents 5
- Introduction 7
- Part One the Breakdown of the Beast-Machine *
- Introduction 13
- 1: Cartesian Consciousness 19
- 2: Descartes's Two Tests 37
- 3: Senseless Brutes 59
- 4: God and the Beast-Machine 79
- 5: A Debauchery of Reason 97
- Part Two Science and Animal Mind: Descartes's Legacy *
- Introduction 117
- 6: What Happened to Consciousness? 121
- 7: Animal Communication 149
- 8: Three Fables of Animal Mindlessness 173
- 9: Making Room for Consciousness 191
- 10: Relevance to Ethics 209
- References 227
- Index 245