Just a reminder that Ali Boyle will be speaking at the Serious Metaphysics Group this Thursday, on 'The Monkey in the Mirror' (abstract below). It will be on at the regular time of 1:00 - 2:30pm, in the Faculty Board Room.
Cheers, Georgie Abstract: Gallup (1970)'s mark test is an experimental design in comparative psychology used to determine which animals do and don't recognise their reflection. But what does this tell us about the cognitive differences between great apes and other primates? I consider two accounts of the cognitive significance of MSR, focussing particularly on Mitchell's (1992, 1993, 2013) kinaesthetic-visual matching model. According to Mitchell, MSR depends upon two capacities: kinaesthetic-visual matching and understanding mirror correspondence. I argue that this is plausible in outline, but that Mitchell's elaboration of this picture is flawed. I propose an alternative account of the same basic shape, according to which MSR depends on (1) the ability to use a mirror as a tool and (2) the ability to form a mental representation of oneself from a detached point of view. _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
