Tool use and causal cognition [electronic resource] /
edited by Teresa McCormack, Christoph Hoerl, and Stephen Butterfill.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- 1 online resource (ix, 255 p.) : ill.
- Consciousness and self-consciousness .
- Consciousness and self-consciousness. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Does the study of tool use provide us with a distinctive or unique source of information about the causal cognition of tool users? This book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on these issues with contributions from psychologists studying tool use and philosophers providing new analyses of the nature of causal understanding.
9780191731259 (ebook) : No price
Cognition.
Causation.
Tool use in animals.
Tools--Social aspects.
Cognition and culture.
BF311 / .T653 2011
153.4
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Does the study of tool use provide us with a distinctive or unique source of information about the causal cognition of tool users? This book provides an interdisciplinary perspective on these issues with contributions from psychologists studying tool use and philosophers providing new analyses of the nature of causal understanding.
9780191731259 (ebook) : No price
Cognition.
Causation.
Tool use in animals.
Tools--Social aspects.
Cognition and culture.
BF311 / .T653 2011
153.4