A Translation of Luigi Paolucci's «On Birdsong»
eBook - PDF

A Translation of Luigi Paolucci's «On Birdsong»

Phenomenology, Animal Psychology and Biology

  1. 212 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Translation of Luigi Paolucci's «On Birdsong»

Phenomenology, Animal Psychology and Biology

Book details
Table of contents
Citations

About This Book

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.

Frequently asked questions

Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on “Cancel Subscription” - it’s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time you’ve paid for. Learn more here.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlego’s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan you’ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes, you can access A Translation of Luigi Paolucci's «On Birdsong» by Paolo Palmieri in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Filosofía & Historia y teoría filosóficas. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Peter Lang Group
Year
2018
ISBN
9781433140990
Edition
1
Topic
Filosofía
Subtopic
Historia y teoría filosóficas

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Figures
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Note on Translation
  7. Introduction: The Human/Animal
  8. On Birdsong: An Essay on Animal Physiology and Biology in Relation to Sexual Selection and the Struggle for Existence by Luigi Paolucci
  9. Index