Condillac's proto-ethological thinking. Enlightened Roots of the Study of Animal Behavior

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.418451
Keywords: Condillac, Enlightenment, Ethology, Naturalism

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In this paper, we try to emphasize Condillac's thought, as an important exponent of the French Enlightenment, interpreting it as an advance of contemporary ethology. Thanks to his grounding naturalism, Condillac created a primitive ethology of the animal statute and animal faculties in their own specificity. This account is not dissolved in a mere anthropology.

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01-05-2022
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Mejía Fernández, R. (2022). Condillac’s proto-ethological thinking. Enlightened Roots of the Study of Animal Behavior. Daimon Revista Internacional de Filosofia, (86), 21–33. https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.418451
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