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So much easier to attack straw men

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Richard W. Byrne
Richard W. Byrne
Affiliation:
Scottish Primate Research Group, School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU, Scotlandrwb;@st-and.ac.uk psych.st-and.ac.uk.8080/people/lect/rwb.html
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Abstract

Rather than dealing with the important issues in the interpretation of behavioural data, Heyes seems only to reiterate lessons well-learned before she first reviewed the topic of primate deception. She also appears to misrepresent a series of published analyses. Despite her emphatic denials, the commonsense view is the best: informed observations and experiments can both provide evidence of theory of mind.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 116 - 117
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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