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A Translation of Luigi Paolucci's On Birdsong; Phenomenology, Animal Psychology and Biology

by Paolo Palmieri

  • Hardback
  • 212 pages
  • Publisher: Peter Lang US
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

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For naturalists, philosophers, and biology students

Explains the deep link between song, music and soul

Helps you understand the ethics of our animal world

A unique, scholarly look at how birdsong reflects the intersection of science, philosophy, and music.

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A Translation of Luigi Paolucci's On Birdsong is the first English translation of a groundbreaking memoir on birdsong by the Italian naturalist Luigi Paolucci. It is accompanied by extensive annotations and an introductory essay by the translator, Paolo Palmieri, that examines the scientific and philosophical questions raised by birdsong in relation to the history and philosophy of science, phenomenology, and the theoretical problems of the demarcation of the human and non-human animal. Paolucci's memoir focuses on firsthand ecological research and offers a fundamental theory of birdsong as language and music. Paolucci studies songbird species and behavior by bringing to bear linguistics, music and sound theory, and the debate on evolutionary theory and animal cognition. In the introductory essay, Paolo Palmieri adopts a phenomenological approach in order to investigate the problem of animal suffering and ethics, animal reasoning and will, the neurophysiology of hearing in humans and birds, and the relation between birdsong and laughter. This book will appeal to a large audience of philosophers, post-humanists, historians of science, animal cognition theorists, birdsong scientists and naturalists, and students. This book will also be valuable to the general public who is interested in the ethical debates on the presence of non-human animals in our society.

  • Title

    A Translation of Luigi Paolucci's On Birdsong; Phenomenology, Animal Psychology and Biology

  • Author

    Paolo Palmieri

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Peter Lang US

  • Published

    August 2018

  • Weight

    482g

  • Page Count

    212

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781433141065

  • ISBN-10

    143314106X

  • Eden Code

    5318260