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sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-01-29 21:24:38 UTC
Subject: RE: Ferrets and their (in)ability to deliberate
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <8324639.1107033878305.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"
--Birdwhistle
"If a tree falls in the forest is there a sound?" Answer: "Define sound." I put that in because to have this discussion with your professor you will need to agree on some shared vocabulary.
Here are some more things to look at (using cognitive ethology this time as the search phrase):
http://grimpeur.tamu.edu/~colin/TCA/tcabiblio.html
http://host.uniroma3.it/progetti/kant/field/cethbiblio.htm
http://grimpeur.tamu.edu/~colin/Animals/biblio-combined.html
http://host.uniroma3.it/progetti/kant/field/ceth.htm
http://cogprints.org/160/
I think that evidence of trying to "lie" to people can be a powerful indicator of intelligence and we certainly have ourselves seen that in ferrets. Solving multi-step problems also can be, and that we also have seen.