Dorothy L. Cheney (1950–2018)
Autor(a) de Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind
About the Author
Dorothy Leavitt Cheney was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 24, 1950. She received a bachelor's degree in political science from Wellesley College in 1972 and a Ph.D. in zoology from Cambridge University in 1977. She taught at Rockefeller University, the University of California, Los mostrar mais Angeles, and the University of Pennsylvania. She and her husband and research partner Robert M. Seyfarth studied gorillas, baboons, and vervet monkeys in Africa. They wrote several books including How Monkeys See the World: Inside the Mind of Another Species and Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind. She died from breast cancer on November 9, 2018 at the age of 68. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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- Cheney, Dorothy Leavitt
- Data de nascimento
- 1950-08-24
- Data de falecimento
- 2018-11-09
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Devon, Pennsylvania, USA
- Educação
- University of Cambridge (PhD - Zoology)
Wellesley College (BA - Political Science)
Abbot Academy - Ocupações
- professor (Biology)
- Organizações
- University of Pennsylvania
Rockefeller University
University of California, Los Angeles
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- 3
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- Membros
- 218
- Popularidade
- #102,474
- Avaliação
- 4.0
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- 2
- ISBN
- 9
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- 1
The book systematically develops its ideas, first examining monkeys' social knowledge and communication, then delving into other areas such as deception, attribution of mental states to others, and nonsocial intelligence. The authors describe how vervet monkeys have quite well-developed social abilities, including a detailed understanding of the social relationships among members of their group and the ability to refer to external objects (such as dangerous predator species) through different types of vocalization. However, they present other evidence that suggests that monkeys may lack the ability to reflect on their own knowledge, attribute mental states to others, or apply social intelligence to other domains.
The authors' work combined field observation with ingenious audio playback experiments to investigate monkeys' knowledge and understanding of the world through their behavior in a natural setting. In addition the book cites the work of numerous other researchers to augment the authors' own findings and compare the abilities of different primate species. This gives the ideas in the book a strong scientific basis.
The book's writing is lucid but quite dense, so it may be challenging for those who are unused to reading scientific literature. However, for readers interested in primate cognition, this book provides a fascinating examination of the topic.… (mais)