Folk Physics for Apes
The Chimpanzee's Theory of How the World Works
ISBN13: 9780198572190ISBN10: 0198572190
Paperback,
408 pages
Jun 2003,
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$65.00 (04)Table of Contents
An initial word about 'folk physics'
Preface
1.
Folk physics cannot be assumed
2.
Escaping the argument by analogy
3.
Causality, tool use, and folk physics: a comparative approach
4.
The trap-tube problem
5.
The trap-table problem
6.
The inverted- and broken-rake problems
7.
The flimsy-tool problem
8.
The tool-insertion problem: the question of shape
9.
The rope, hook-retrieval, touching-stick, and related problems: the question of physical connection
10.
The support problem: physical connection revisited
11.
The bendable-tool and tool-construction problems: the question of tool modification
12.
Toward a folk physics for chimpanzees
References
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Index
