% pubman genre = article @article{item_3379020, title = {{What is it like to be a chimpanzee?}}, author = {Tomasello, Michael}, language = {eng}, issn = {0039-7857; 1573-0964}, doi = {10.1007/s11229-022-03574-5}, year = {2022}, date = {2022}, abstract = {{Chimpanzees and humans are close evolutionary relatives who behave in many of the same ways based on a similar type of agentive organization. To what degree do they experience the world in similar ways as well? Using contemporary research in evolutionarily biology and animal cognition, I explicitly compare the kinds of experience the two species of capable of having. I conclude that chimpanzees{\textquoteright} experience of the world, their experiential niche as I call it, is: (i) intentional in basically the same way as humans{\textquoteright}; (ii) rational in the sense that it is self-critical and operates with logically structured causal and intentional inferences; but (iii) not normative at all in that it does not operate with {\textquotedblleft}objective{\textquotedblright} evaluative standards. Scientific data do not answer philosophical questions, but they provide rich raw material for scientists and philosophers alike to reflect on and clarify fundamental psychological concepts.}}, journal = {{Synthese}}, volume = {200}, eid = {102}, }