Cognitive ethology
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As Cognitive ethology is called a field of research at the interface between ethology and cognitive science. The underlying issues revolve around the existence and nature of mental states in animals. There is also a close relationship, or to overlapping with the philosophical discipline of animal ethics, because the theories and results for most theories of fundamental importance.
A classic definition of the area by Nikolaas Tinbergen is
" [ The ethology deals with ] to understand the observation of animals under more or less natural conditions, with the goal of evolution, functional adaptation, the causes and the development of species-specific behavioral repertoire. "
Some representatives
- Marc Bekoff
- José Bermúdez
- Peter Carruthers
- Colin Allen
- Lawrence Erlbaum
- Robert France Cotti
- Donald R. Griffin
- Keith J. Holyoak
- Dale Jamieson
- Derek C. Penn
- Daniel J. Povinelli
- Carolyn A. Ristau
- Bernard Rollin