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View article: Anthropofabrication and the redressing of memory: an embodied approach to comparative cognition
Anthropofabrication and the redressing of memory: an embodied approach to comparative cognition Open
On what basis do researchers posit that humans and other animals share cognitive capacities? We argue that such claims are not based on inherent, pre-existing similarities, but rather emerge through a two-step process, which we will call ‘…
View article: Animal navigation without mental representation
Animal navigation without mental representation Open
Do animals require rich internal representations, such as cognitive maps, to navigate complex environments? Some researchers believe so, as they argue that sensory information is “too poor” to account for animals’ wayfinding abilities. How…
View article: Animals in Sociomaterial Processes: An Alternative to Inferential Processes in Animals’ Heads
Animals in Sociomaterial Processes: An Alternative to Inferential Processes in Animals’ Heads Open
Mindreading and behaviour-reading depict social cognition as an inferential process, taking place inside the individual. This process consists either of mental state ascription (mindreading) or application of general rules (behaviour-readi…