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Abstract
Evidences tend to prove that out of the human being, only the great apes like chimpanzees and orang-utans show self-recognition and have a self-concept. This short note discusses two positions about this issue. First, Gallup uses a mark test with his apes and concludes that they were able of self-directed behavior in presence of a mirror. Second, Heyes thinks that the results of Gallup are the consequence of an anaesthetic recovery and claims self-recognition (so defined) is an artifact of this anaesthetization. This short note tries to analyse this polemic by confronting the different arguments.
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Bibliographical reference
Jean-Michel Dumoulin, « La conscience de soi et la reconnaissance de soi », Cahiers d'éthologie, 18 (1) | 1998, 135-137.
Electronic reference
Jean-Michel Dumoulin, « La conscience de soi et la reconnaissance de soi », Cahiers d'éthologie [Online], 18 (1) | 1998, Online since 01 February 2024, connection on 22 November 2024. URL : http://popups.uliege.be/2984-0317/index.php?id=1489
Author
Jean-Michel Dumoulin
Licence en Psychologie. orientation Psychologie cognitive et biologique