Understanding animals : philosophy for dog and cat lovers

Svendsen, Lars Fr. H., 1970-2019

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How do animals perceive the world? What does it really feel like to be a cat or a dog? In 'Understanding Animals', Lars Svendsen investigates how humans can attempt to understand the lives of other animals. The book delves into animal communication, intelligence, self-awareness, loneliness, and grief, but most fundamentally how humans and animals can cohabit and build a form of friendship. Svendsen provides examples from many different animal species - from chimpanzees to octopus - but his main focus is on cats and dogs: the animals that many of us are closest to in our daily lives.