Personal-level explanations in behavioral sciences of non-human animals.
The distinction between personal and subpersonal levels of psychological explanation has proved useful in order to differentiate ways of understanding human behavior. Yet little has been discussed about how these kinds of explanations would work in making sense non-animals’ intelligent behavior. In...
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I10-R10-article-279012021-05-13T15:20:52Z Personal-level explanations in behavioral sciences of non-human animals. Explicaciones de nivel personal en las ciencias del comportamiento animal Sánchez, Nicolás Sebastián explicación psicológica comportamiento animal nivel personal cognición animal The distinction between personal and subpersonal levels of psychological explanation has proved useful in order to differentiate ways of understanding human behavior. Yet little has been discussed about how these kinds of explanations would work in making sense non-animals’ intelligent behavior. In this paper I assess the main characterizations of personal and subpersonal explanations and how they could be applied in interpreting animal behavior in a scientific setting. Specifically, my claim is that personal level explanation is especially relevant to explain human actions as singular events. Through this, I will argue that instances of animal behavior can potentially be taken as singular events in the same way in which we take human action to be. Thus, personal level explanation plays an important role in behavioral sciences of non-human animals. La distinción entre los niveles personal y subpersonal de explicación psicológica ha resultado de gran utilidad para diferenciar distintos modos de comprender el comportamiento humano. La discusión teórica en torno a la distinción se ha enfocado particularmente en torno a cómo caracterizar el nivel personal. Sin embargo, poco se ha dicho sobre cómo estas explicaciones operarían a la hora de hacer inteligible el comportamiento inteligente de animales no humanos. En este trabajo analizo las principales caracterizaciones que se han dado de las explicaciones de nivel personal y cómo éstas aplicarían a la interpretación del comportamiento animal en contextos científicos. Específicamente, defenderé que las explicaciones de nivel personal son especialmente relevantes para explicar las acciones humanas en tanto eventos singulares. A partir de esto, argumentaré que también los comportamientos animales pueden potencialmente ser eventos singulares como lo son las acciones humanas. Así, las explicaciones de nivel personal juegan un rol importante en las ciencias del comportamiento animal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 2021-04-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/27901 Argentinean Journal of Behavioral Sciences; Vol. 13 No. 1 (2021): REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CIENCIAS DEL COMPORTAMIENTO; 1-16 Revista Argentina de Ciencias del Comportamiento; Vol. 13 Núm. 1 (2021): REVISTA ARGENTINA DE CIENCIAS DEL COMPORTAMIENTO; 1-16 1852-4206 10.32348/1852.4206.v13.n1 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/racc/article/view/27901/33419 Derechos de autor 2021 Nicolás Sebastián Sánchez http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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Personal-level explanations in behavioral sciences of non-human animals. |
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The distinction between personal and subpersonal levels of psychological explanation has proved useful in order to differentiate ways of understanding human behavior. Yet little has been discussed about how these kinds of explanations would work in making sense non-animals’ intelligent behavior. In this paper I assess the main characterizations of personal and subpersonal explanations and how they could be applied in interpreting animal behavior in a scientific setting. Specifically, my claim is that personal level explanation is especially relevant to explain human actions as singular events. Through this, I will argue that instances of animal behavior can potentially be taken as singular events in the same way in which we take human action to be. Thus, personal level explanation plays an important role in behavioral sciences of non-human animals. |
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