(RW)Gilles Fauconnier, Mappings in Thought and Language

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1、152BOOKREVIEWSIhavefocusedthisreviewonseveralofthelargequestionsthatAllenandBekoff'sbookaddresses.Spacelimitationspreventmefromexaminingotherveryinterestingissuesthebookdiscusses.ParticularlyprovocativeisAllenandBekoff'sargumentthatRuthMillikan's(1984)theoryof

2、contentprovidesabetterframe-workforcognitiveethologythanDennett's(1983)well-knownhierarchyofinten-tionalorders.ThereisalsoAllenandBekoff'ssuggestionthattheabilitytodetectmisinformationprovidesevidenceofconsciousness.Inshort,SpeciesofMindhasintelligentandchalle

3、ngingthingstosayaboutmanyoftheproblemsthatastudyofanimalmindsmustconfront.Thosewithaninterestinanimalmindswillwanttoreadthisbook.1Notes1Forusefuldiscussion,IamgratefultoEricSaidel,ElliottSober,andAnnWolf.ReferencesAllen,C.,andBekoff,M.(1994),`Intentionality,So

4、cialPlay,andDefinition',BiologyandPhilosophy9,pp.63–74.Allen,C.,andBekoff,M.(1995),`CognitiveEthologyandtheIntentionalityofAnimalBehavior',MindandLanguage10,pp.313–328.Bekoff,M.(1995),`PlaySignalsasPunctuation:TheStructureofSocialPlayinCanids',Behaviour132,pp.4

5、19–429.Bekoff,M.,andAllen,C.(1992),`IntentionalIcons:TowardsanEvolutionaryCognitiveEthology',Ethology91,pp.1–16.Dennett,D.C.(1969),ContentandConsciousness,London:RoutledgeandKeganPaul.Dennett,D.C.(1983),`IntentionalSystemsinCognitiveEthology:The“PanglossianPar

6、adigm”Defended',BehavioralandBrainSciences6,pp.343–390.Heyes,C.,andDickinson,A.(1990),`TheIntentionalityofAnimalAction',MindandLanguage5,pp.87–104.Millikan,R.(1984),Language,Thought,andOtherBiologicalCategories,Cambridge:MITPress.Stich,S.(1983),FromFolkPsychol

7、ogytoCognitiveScience:TheCaseAgainstBelief,Cambridge,MA:MITPress.DepartmentofPhilosophy,LAWRENCEA.SHAPIROUniversityofWisconsin–Madison,Madison,WI53706,U.S.A.E-mail:lshapiro@facstaff.wisc.eduGillesFauconnier,MappingsinThoughtandLanguage,Cambridge,U.K.:Cam-bridg

8、eUniversityPress,1997,xi+205pp.,$17.95(paper),ISBN0-521-59953-9.Thisbookisafollow-uptoFauconnier'sMentalSpaces(firstpublishedin1985,andreissuedwithanewprefacein1994).Likethepriorwor