非语言的理性? 2岁的孩子,狗和猪对不可靠性表现出非选择性的反应,但程度不同
Kirsten H Blakey1,2,3, Eva Rafetseder2, Giacomo Melis1
1Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.
Child development
|August 4, 2025
概括
这项研究探讨了幼儿,狗和猪的反射思维. 结果表明,非语言动物可能会处理破坏失败者,挑战以语言为中心的理性观点.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 比较心理学比较心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
背景情况:
- 哲学理论往往将反思性思维与语言联系在一起.
- 这种观点努力解释婴儿和动物等非语言对象的认知能力.
- 需要研究物种间的基本反射过程.
研究的目的:
- 评估破坏失败者的处理,这是反思思思维的一个基本方面.
- 调查非语言学受试者是否能够识别和响应不可靠的信息来源.
- 挑战以语言为中心的理性思维模式.
主要方法:
- 这项研究涉及36名两岁儿童,39只狗和21只猪.
- 试验对象观察到两个信息,一个始终可靠,一个不可靠,显示屏幕上的位置.
- 分析了试验中受试者行为后的变化,以推断可靠性评估.
主要成果:
- 起初,愿意跟随告密者并没有在可靠和不可靠的消息来源之间有显著差异.
- 在后来的试验中,观察到追随行为减少,这表明对不确定性或失败者的反应.
- 这表明在物种之间处理破坏性击败者的潜在能力.
结论:
- 这些发现表明,基本的反思性思维,特别是处理破坏性失败者,可能不仅限于语言用户.
- 这挑战了某些形式的理性思维对语言的必要性.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索比较认知和理性的细微差别.
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