Books by Marc Bekoff
“Bekoff is good at highlighting aspects of emotions that we often miss. For instance, he begins his book by talking about the fact that we tend to think of emotions as things that happen inside us, you know, maybe in the head, maybe in the heart, maybe in the gut, depending on where you localise them. But he says that this is exactly the wrong way to think about emotions. Emotions are not private, internal affairs; if anything, they are painfully public events. When I experience an emotion, I cannot but smile, I cannot but frown, I cannot but cringe. I become red with anger. Or I look like I have just seen a ghost. This public-ness suggests that emotions are not are not just for us, although they might be about us. They are ways of communicating. They’re fundamentally social.” Read more...
The best books on Animal Consciousness
David Peña-Guzmán, Philosopher
Interviews where books by Marc Bekoff were recommended
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The Animal Mind: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Animal Cognition
by Kristin Andrews -
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What Would Animals Say If We Asked the Right Questions?
by Vinciane Despret, translated by Brett Buchanan -
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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by Ed Yong -
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The Emotional Lives of Animals
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5
Why Look At Animals?
by John Berger
The best books on Animal Consciousness, recommended by David Peña-Guzmán
The best books on Animal Consciousness, recommended by David Peña-Guzmán
The more we learn about the minds of other species, the more we are forced to question any assumptions that might previously have been made about their inner lives. Here, the philosopher David Peña-Guzmán talks us through the profound questions thrown up by research into animal cognition, perception and emotion, as he recommends five of the best books on animal consciousness.
