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Play and Evolution: Second Thoughts on the Behaviour of Animals Paperback – April 1, 1998

by Koenraad Kortmulder (Author)
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This book criticises the way science, particularly some contemporary trends in biology, shapes our world view. Fundamental concepts in on behavioural and evolutionary science are adapted from systems theory, field theory and thermodynamics to provide the conceptual tools required to describe and interpret the behaviour patterns that emerge between interacting animals.
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  1. Print length
    160 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    International Books
  4. Publication date
    April 1, 1998
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9057270137
  7. ISBN-13
    978-9057270130
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ International Books (April 1, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9057270137
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9057270130
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.4 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating

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5.0 out of 5 stars Play occupies a unique position with within a behavioral field
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2012
This a brilliant and largely successful attempt to understand different kinds of play as behaviors that occupy unique areas of a behavioral field defined between the poles of expansion-constriction (in symmetry, flexibility, and repetition) and social-nonsocial behavior. The perspective has the advantage of placing the behavior of all animate species into a single field of measurable criteria that could potentially allow us to identify playful activity in species such as fish, reptiles, and even insects, where we have little insight into feelings or motivation. The current operational criteria used to identify play in mammalian species, for which there is consensus about the presence of play, become useless as one moves away from animals whose expressive repertory overlaps that of humans. I am just sorry that the book has become so hard to find--I try to recommend it to students interested in play in humans and animals.
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