If a lion could talk
animal intelligence and the evolution of consciousness
by Stephen Budiansky
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Modern cognitive science and the new science of evolutionary ecology are beginning to show that thinking in animals is tremendously complex and wonderful in its variety. A pigeon's ability to find its way home from almost anywhere has little to do with comparative intelligence; rather it is due to the pigeon's very different perception of the world.
That's why, as Wittgenstein said, "If a lion could talk, we would not understand him." In this fascinating book, Budiansky frees us from the shackles of our ideas about the natural world, and opens a window to the astounding worlds of the animals that surround us.
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If a Lion Could Talk: Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of Consciousness
2015, Free Press
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If a Lion Could Talk
October 7, 1999, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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If a lion could talk: animal intelligence and the evolution of consciousness
1998, Free Press
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If a Lion Could Talk: How Animals Think
1998, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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