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To be rational, or not to be rational—that is the question

Michael Tye: Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs: Are animals conscious? New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 256pp, $29.95 HB

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I would like to thank Judith Benz-Schwarzburg, Samuel Camenzind, and Annika Huber for their comments on a previous draft of this review.

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  1. Unit of Ethics and Human-Animal Studies, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Monsó, S. To be rational, or not to be rational—that is the question. Metascience 26, 487–491 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-017-0212-z

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