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1 online resource (xix, 353 pages) : illustrations |
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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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NO; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-342) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Cognition.
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Psychology, Comparative.
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cognition.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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Cognition
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Psychology, Comparative
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Schwere
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Wahrnehmung
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ballew, Nicholas G
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| ISBN |
9780191625510 |
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0191625515 |
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1306224489 |
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9781306224482 |
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