Comentarios críticos sobre el libro Animal languages, de Eva Meijer

• Victor M. Longa Martínez ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

     Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

     Santiago de Compostela, España

     
• Localización: Verba: Anuario galego de filoloxia, ISSN 0210-377X, Vol. 48, 2021, 19 págs.
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.15304/verba.48.6942
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  • Este trabajo efectúa un análisis crítico del libro Animal languages, escrito por la filósofa holandesa Eva Meijer. La intención de la autora es mostrar que los animales tienen destrezas cognitivas y comunicativas complejas, pero su estrategia vincula esa complejidad comunicativa con el carácter lingüístico de los códigos comunicativos animales. Más allá de sostener que los animales tienen lenguaje (algo frecuente en etólogos), la obra deja mucho que desear desde la óptica científica. El trabajo mostrará que el libro de Meijer está repleto de contradicciones, exageraciones, afirmaciones extravagantes o infundadas, tergiversaciones de la opinión de otros autores, errores en el uso de referencias bibliográficas o desconocimientos muy graves de diferentes aspectos.

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