Theoretical virtues in eighteenth-century debates on animal cognition
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DOI: 10.1007/s40656-020-00332-z
Abstract: Within eighteenth-century debates on animal cognition we can distinguish at least three main theoretical positions: (i) Buffon’s mechanism, (ii) Reimarus’ theory of instincts, and (iii) the sensationalism of Condillac and Leroy. In this paper, I… read more here.
Keywords: animal cognition; eighteenth century; century debates; theoretical virtues ... See more keywords