Fish Cognition and Consciousness

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Abstract

Questions about fish consciousness and cognition are receiving increasing attention. In this paper, I explain why one must be careful to avoid drawing conclusions too hastily about this hugely diverse set of species.

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Fish Learning Cognition Consciousness 
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Acknowledgments

I am grateful for comments to audiences at the University of Utrecht, the Ruhr University, Bochum, and at the Leibniz Institute for Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology in Berlin, and for comments on the manuscript by Michael Trestman, Bernice Bovenkerk, members of the “Spackled” group at Indiana University, and two anonymous referees for the journal. I also gratefully acknowledge the support of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Indiana University during the time that this paper was prepared, and the hospitality of the Ruhr University-Bochum during my sabbatical year.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Program in Cognitive Science and Department of History and Philosophy of ScienceIndiana UniversityBloomingtonUSA

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