The cognitive map debate in insects
A historical perspective on what is at stake
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10799684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kelle Dhein (0000-0002-1009-0615) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 98 |
| Pages | 62-79 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3681 • E-ISSN: 1879-2510 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.shpsa.2022.12.008 |
| PMID | 36863222 |
| OpenAlex | W4322587881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 104 |
Though well established in mammals, the cognitive map hypothesis has engendered a decades-long, ongoing debate in insect navigation studies involving many of the field's most prominent researchers. In this paper, I situate the debate within the broader context of 20th century animal behavior research and argue that the debate persists because competing research groups are guided by different constellations of epistemic aims, theoretical commitments, preferred animal subjects, and investigative practices. The expanded history of the cognitive map provided in this paper shows that more is at stake in the cognitive map debate than the truth value of propositions characterizing insect cognition. What is at stake is the future direction of an extraordinarily productive tradition of insect navigation research stretching back to Karl von Frisch. Disciplinary labels like ethology, comparative psychology, and behaviorism became less relevant at the turn of the 21st century, but as I show, the different ways of knowing animals associated with these disciplines continue to motivate debates about animal cognition. This examination of scientific disagreement surrounding the cognitive map hypothesis also has significant consequences for philosophers' use of cognitive map research as a case study
Animal cognition · Behaviorism · Cognition · Cognitive map · Cognitive science · Comparative psychology · Context (archaeology · Discipline · Epistemology · Ethology · Field (mathematics · Perspective (graphical · Social science · Sociology · Animal and Plant Science Education · Computer Science · History · Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Ecology
Cognitive maps in rats and men.
Mental map in wild chimpanzees
The cognitive map in humans
Comparative psychology and ethology
Thinking With Maps
From Karl von Frisch to Neuroethology
Investigating neural representations
On (not) defining cognition
Multiscale Modeling in Neuroethology
Cognitive Maps and the Language of Thought
Origins of the cognitive (r)evolution
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |