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The plight of the sense-making ape
This is a selective review of the published literature on object-choice tasks, where participants use directional cues to find hidden objects. This literature comprises the efforts of researchers to make sense of the sense-making capacities of our nearest living relatives. This chapter is written to highlight some nonsensical conclusions that frequently emerge from this research. The data suggest that when apes are given approximately the same sense-making opportunities as we provide our children, then they will easily make sense of our social signals. The ubiquity of nonsensical contemporary scientific claims to the effect that humans are essentially--or inherently--more capable than other great apes in the understanding of simple directional cues is, itself, a testament to the power of preconceived ideas on human perception.
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Palgrave MacmillanPage range
81-104Pages
344.0Book title
Enactive cognition at the edge of sense-making: making sense of non-sensePlace of publication
BasingstokeISBN
9781137363350Series
New directions in philosophy and cognitive scienceDepartment affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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Massimiliano Cappuccio, Tom FroeseLegacy Posted Date
2014-07-24Usage metrics
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