Can an insect speak? The case of the honeybee dance language
Can an insect speak? The case of the honeybee dance language
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10.1177/0306312704040611
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发表时间：
2004-02-01
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3
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Crist, E
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作者：
Crist, E
本文探讨了对蜜蜂舞蹈语言的科学理解。我阐明了为什么蜜蜂的通信系统被称为“语言”的隐含和明确的原因，并研究了这种指定的方式纠缠在一起的动物心灵和人类动物的连续性的主题。最后，我对蜜蜂舞蹈语言的科学争议进行了调查。我认为，这场争论是一场关于昆虫能力的假设之战，以及面对破坏这些假设的现象是否愿意放弃这些假设。
In this paper I investigate the scientific understanding of the honeybee dance language. I elucidate the implicit and explicit reasons why the honeybees' communication system has been referred to as a 'language', and examine the ways this designation has entangled the themes of animal mind and human-animal continuity. I end with an investigation of a scientific controversy surrounding the honeybee dance language. I argue that this controversy was a battle over assumptions regarding insect capacities, and a willingness or unwillingness to abandon those assumptions in the face of a phenomenon that undermined them.