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dc.contributor.authorKeefner, Ashley
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-04 19:38:47 (GMT)
dc.date.available2013-10-04 19:38:47 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2013-10-04T19:38:47Z
dc.date.submitted2013-09-23
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/7996
dc.description.abstractIt is well known that humans are able to represent the mental states of others. This ability is commonly thought to be unique to humans. However, recent studies on the food caching, gift giving, and cooperative behaviours of Corvids and Parrots provide evidence for this ability in birds. Upon examining the empirical evidence, I argue that the best explanation for these behaviours is that birds are able to represent conspecifics as having particular mental states. I further argue that birds are able to do this by simulating the minds of conspecifics.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectTheory of Minden
dc.subjectMental Stateen
dc.subjectCorviden
dc.titleDo Birds Have a Theory of Mind?en
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalseen
dc.subject.programPhilosophyen
uws-etd.degree.departmentPhilosophyen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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