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Historical Development of Zoo Tapir (Tapirus ssp.) Survivorship
Zoo Biology, EarlyView.The survivorship of tapirs in zoos has improved significantly over historical time. ABSTRACT Tapirs (Tapirus spp.) are large, long‐lived herbivores native to Central and South America and Southeast Asia. All species are currently classified as Vulnerable (T. terrestris) or Endangered (other species) in the IUCN SSC Red List.
Johanna E. Wittenberg +7 more
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Sociologies, 2011 For sociologists, action explanation cannot rely on «the first nature» of the mind (the universal information processing that cognitive sciences claim to account for) but on its «second nature» (the more or less collective reasons for acting that furnish
Laurence Kaufmann, Laurent Cordonier
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Navigating Welfare Contradictions in Zoo‐Supported Conservation Activities
Zoo Biology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Modern zoos and aquariums focus on providing the best possible welfare for animals in their care. At the same time, they support or participate in field conservation activities, which aim to protect animal populations in the wild or reintroduce animals from human care to wild habitats.
Heather Browning, David M. Powell
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Sources of Eustress in Captivity
Zoo Biology, EarlyView.Zoo environments foster enhanced animal welfare, integrated conservation, and improved population sustainability through the provision of eustressful factors (e.g., enrichment, social choice, positive human‐animal relationships), thus promoting cognitive challenge, improved resilience, and positive life experiences.
Paul Rose
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Nouvelle sociologie et morale naturalisée
Sociologies, 2012 The first part of this article aims to support, from a biological point of view, the interdisciplinary path taken in sociology by Laurence Kaufmann and Laurent Cordonier in their paper « Vers un naturalisme social » (october 2011, SociologieS).
Christine Clavien
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How Enrichment Aesthetic Shapes Zoo Visitor Perceptions of Chimpanzee Behavior and Conservation
Zoo Biology, EarlyView.Enrichment aesthetic (natural vs non‐natural) does not impact visitor perceptions of chimpanzee behavior, conservation, or pet suitability. Most visitors associate chimpanzees with a conservation status of vulnerable, rather than endangered. ABSTRACT Public perceptions of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are shaped by the context in which they are viewed.
John A. Humphrey +1 more
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Self-Presentation as the Modus Vivendi of a Magnanimous Man
Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of CultureThe article discusses satisfaction with self-presentation as the way of functioning (modus vivendi) of a magnanimous man in relation to Aristotelian ethics. Even though self-presentation is usually considered as a kind of biologically determined instinct,
Anna Drabarek
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Neurodiversity and strengths‐based approaches in education: A Walker and Avant concept analysis
British Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.Abstract Neurodiversity and strengths‐based approaches are increasingly prominent in educational discourse, reflecting the ongoing evolution of inclusive educational practice. Each concept is subject to its own definitional ambiguity and has attracted a range of critiques. These unresolved issues at the ideational level risk undermining their effective
Alexandra Sewell, Alice Holloway
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Philosophy of MedicineThis paper introduces the line-drawing challenge for ability-based accounts of health. What degree of which abilities is required for complete health? I argue that the answers provided by existing theories are flawed and propose the Blueprint View.
Fabian Hundertmark
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Plantinga’s Innocent Assumption: Self-Defeating Naturalism, and Churchland’s Response [PDF]
, 2012 Alvin Plantinga’s Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism argues that given the story of biological evolution and naturalism, we wouldn’t expect our cognitive mechanisms to be reliable, or that the probability of any given belief being true is very low.
DeStefano, Matt
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