Animal Communication Theory (eBook, ePUB)

Information and Influence
Redaktion: Stegmann, Ulrich E.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The explanation of animal communication by means of concepts like information, meaning and reference is one of the central foundational issues in animal behaviour studies. This book explores these issues, revolving around questions such as: what is the nature of information? What theoretical roles does information play in animal communication studies? Is it justified to employ these concepts in order to explain animal communication? What is the relation between animal signals and human language? The book approaches the topic from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including ethology, animal cognition, theoretical biology and evolutionary biology, as well as philosophy of biology and mind. A comprehensive introduction familiarises non-specialists with the field and leads on to chapters ranging from philosophical and theoretical analyses to case studies involving primates, birds and insects. The resulting survey of new and established concepts and methodologies will guide future empirical and theoretical research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107357396
• Artikelnr.: 38131532

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; A primer on information and influence in animal
communication Ulrich E. Stegmann; Part I. Varieties of Information: 1.
Influence and information in communication networks Andrew G. Horn and
Peter McGregor; 2. Animal communication as information-mediated influence
Andrea Scarantino; 3. Communication as information use: insights from
statistical decision theory Caitlin R. Kight, John M. McNamara, David W.
Stephens and Sasha R. X. Dall; 4. Communication as a transfer of
information: measurement, mechanism, and meaning R. Haven Wiley; 5. Natural
information, intentional signs and animal communication Ruth G. Millikan;
Part II. Influence and Manipulation: 6. Communication without meaning or
information: abandoning language-based and informational constructs in
animal communication Drew Rendall and Michael J. Owren; 7. Information in
animal communication: when and why does it matter? Sahotra Sarkar; 8.
Mitogenetic rays and the information metaphor: transmitted information has
seen its day Eugene S. Morton and Richard G. Coss; 9. The importance of
integrative biology to sexual selection and communication Michael J. Ryan;
Part III. Case Studies: 10. Animal signals: always influence, sometimes
information Claire Horisk and Reginald B. Cocroft; 11. Learned signals and
consistency of delivery: a case against receiver manipulation in animal
communication Carlos A. Botero and Selvino R. de Kort; 12. Information,
inference and meaning in primate vocal behaviour Julia Fischer; 13.
Information and uncertainty in meerkats and monkeys Colin Allen; 14. The
neural representation of vocalisation perception Kate L. Christison-Lagay
and Yale E. Cohen; Part IV. Animal Signals in Evolutionary Perspective: 15.
The value of information in biology Michael Lachmann; 16. Information and
influence in sender-receiver models, with applications to animal behaviour
Peter Godfrey-Smith; Part V. From Animal Signals to Human Language: 17.
Information, meaning, and animal communication Fred Adams and Steve
Beighley; 18. Information, influence and inference in language evolution
Thomas C. Scott-Phillips and Simon Kirby; Index.