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Inquiry 3 proposal due next week Next week’s reflection should describe whatever problems you encountered with inquiry 2 Today: Ethics- animals as subjects. Maintaining a complex society requires culture and language. The complexity of our societies is reflected in human culture…
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Inquiry 3 proposal due next week • Next week’s reflection should describe whatever problems you encountered with inquiry 2 • Today: Ethics- animals as subjects
Maintaining a complex society requires culture and language.
The complexity of our societies is reflected in human culture… Do other animals have culture?
Do other animals have culture? In rats http://salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk/year3/PSY339EvolutionaryPsychology/EvolutionaryPsychology.htm
Do Animals Have Feelings?Antonio Damasio proposed (2003) Primary - instinctual Social - group interaction Feelings - self-reflection
Are non-human animals self-aware?The mirror test: developed by Gallup in 1980s
Killer Whale time spent in front of window (C) vs mirror (M) Behavioural Processes Vol 53, #3, 26 April 2001, pg 181-190 This was not discussed in class, but I included it in case you want some additional information
Killer Whale time spent shaking head in front of window (C) vs mirror (M) Behavioural Processes Vol 53, #3, 26 April 2001, pg 181-190 This was not discussed in class, but I included it in case you want some additional information
Killer Whale time spent opening mouth in front of window (C) vs mirror (M) Behavioural Processes Vol 53, #3, 26 April 2001, pg 181-190 This was not discussed in class, but I included it in case you want some additional information
a bottlenose dolphin trying to see a spot painted on it’s side http://www.earthtrust.org/delbook.html
What about birds? (http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~allanr/mirror.html)
Several species can recognize self in mirror by dot test or actions in front of mirror. They do not see mirror image as other, but self.
Do Animals Have Feelings?Antonio Damasio proposed (2003) Primary - instinctual Social - group interaction Feelings - self-reflection
Is a sense of self necessary for feelings? Should our interactions with animals depend on their self-awareness? Is self-awareness necessary for feeling pain, fear, etc? Nature 419, 255 (19 September 2002) Awareness: Animal reflections by Marc Bekoff
Inquiry 3 proposal due next week • Next week’s reflection should describe whatever problems you encountered with inquiry 2 • Ethics- animals as subjects… conituned next week