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A Discourse on Method
René DescartesPresents the view that animals are automata without thought, the position later accounts had to answer.
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
Charles DarwinArgues that human and animal emotional expressions share evolutionary continuity, using observations from many species.
Animal Intelligence
George John RomanesCollects anecdotal reports of animal reasoning and learning, an early attempt to study animal minds scientifically.
An Introduction to Comparative Psychology
C. Lloyd MorganStates Morgan's Canon, which warns against attributing complex mental causes to behavior with simpler explanations.
Animal Intelligence
Edward L. ThorndikeReports experiments on animal learning by trial and error, a basis for later learning theory.
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- The Mentality of ApesThe Mentality of ApesWolfgang Köhler
- What Is It Like to Be a Bat?What Is It Like to Be a Bat?Thomas Nagel
- The Question of Animal Awareness
The Question of Animal AwarenessDonald R. Griffin - How Monkeys See the World
How Monkeys See the WorldRobert M. Seyfarth - The Alex Studies
The Alex StudiesIrene Maxine Pepperberg - Wild Justice
Wild JusticeMargret Pierce - Other Minds
Other MindsPeter Godfrey-Smith - Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?Frans de Waal - What a Fish Knows
What a Fish KnowsJonathan Balcombe - Plutarch's Morals
Plutarch's MoralsPlutarch1500 - The intelligence of dogs
The intelligence of dogsStanley Coren1994 - Genius of Birds
Genius of BirdsJennifer Ackerman2016