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Temporal representation and reasoning in non-human animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2019

Angelica Kaufmann Open the ORCID record for Angelica Kaufmann [Opens in a new window]  and
Arnon Cahen
Angelica Kaufmann
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002, Israel. angelica.kaufmann@gmail.comacahen@wustl.eduhttps://biu.academia.edu/AngelicaKaufmann
Arnon Cahen
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 5290002, Israel. angelica.kaufmann@gmail.comacahen@wustl.eduhttps://biu.academia.edu/AngelicaKaufmann
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Abstract

Hoerl & McCormack argue that comparative and developmental psychology teaches us that “neither animals nor infants can think and reason about time.” We argue that the authors neglect to take into account pivotal evidence from ethology that suggests that non-human animals do possess a capacity to represent and reason about time, namely, work done on Sumatran orangutans’ long travel calls.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e257
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