Article ID: CBB576226350

Animal deception and the content of signals (2021)

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In cases of animal mimicry, the receiver of the signal learns the truth that he is either dealing with the real thing or with a mimic. Thus, despite being a prototypical example of animal deception, mimicry does not seem to qualify as deception on the traditional definition, since the receiver is not actually misled. We offer a new account of propositional content in sender-receiver games that explains how the receiver is misled (and deceived) by mimicry. We show that previous accounts of deception, and of propositional content, give incorrect results about whether certain signals are deceptive.

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Authors & Contributors
Birch, Jonathan
Bergstrom, Carl T.
McLoone, Brian
DiFrisco, James
Bourrat, Pierrick
Huttegger, Simon M.
Concepts
Adaptation (biology)
Animal behavior
Philosophy of biology
Biology
Animal psychology
Evolution
Time Periods
20th century
Medieval
20th century, late
Ancient
21st century
19th century
Places
Guinea
Japan
Germany
Maryland (U.S.)
India
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