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What can we learn from the absence of evidence?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Thomas R. Zentall
Thomas R. Zentall
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 zentall@pop.uky.edu
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Abstract

Heyes discounts findings of imitation and self recognition in nonhuman primates based on flimsy speculation and then indicates that even positive findings would not provide evidence of theory of mind. Her proposed experiment is unlikely to work, however, because, even if the animals have a theory of mind, a number of assumptions, not directly related to theory of mind, must be made about their reasoning ability.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 133 - 134
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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