Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind
Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind
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狒狒形而上学：社会心智的进化
DOI：
10.5860/choice.45-0278
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发表时间：
2007
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影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
R. Seyfarth
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作者：
D. Cheney;R. Seyfarth
1838 年，查尔斯·达尔文 (Charles Darwin) 在笔记本上写道：“了解狒狒的人会比洛克在形而上学方面做得更多。” 《狒狒形而上学》是多萝西·L·切尼和罗伯特·M·塞法斯对达尔文挑战的精彩回应。切尼和塞法斯在博茨瓦纳的奥卡万戈三角洲扎营，在那里他们可以近距离观察狒狒和它们的社交世界。狒狒生活在多达 150 只的群体中，其中包括少数雄性和八九只雌性母系家庭。这些数字迫使狒狒根据对地位和个人需求的仔细计算，形成短期交配关系和长期友谊的复杂组合。但“狒狒形而上学”关注的不仅仅是狒狒的社会组织——切尼和塞法斯的目标是充分理解其背后的智慧。通过创新性的现场实验，作者了解到，对于狒狒来说，就像对于人类一样，家人和朋友掌握着减轻悲伤、压力和焦虑不良影响的关键。《狒狒形而上学》以科学家的精确性和自然爱好者的眼光写成，让我们对另一个物种的心灵有了前所未有的、令人信服的一瞥。
In 1838 Charles Darwin jotted in a notebook, 'He who understands baboon would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.' "Baboon Metaphysics" is Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth's fascinating response to Darwin's challenge.Cheney and Seyfarth set up camp in Botswana's Okavango Delta, where they could intimately observe baboons and their social world. Baboons live in groups of up to 150, including a handful of males and eight or nine matrilineal families of females. Such numbers force baboons to form a complicated mix of short-term bonds for mating and longer-term friendships based on careful calculations of status and individual need.But "Baboon Metaphysics" is concerned with much more than just baboons' social organization - Cheney and Seyfarth aim to fully comprehend the intelligence that underlies it. Using innovative field experiments, the authors learn that for baboons, just as for humans, family and friends hold the key to mitigating the ill effects of grief, stress, and anxiety.Written with a scientist's precision and a nature-lover's eye, "Baboon Metaphysics" gives us an unprecedented and compelling glimpse into the mind of another species.