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    It is not the case that Researchers in comparative cognition should avoid both anthropodenial and anthropomorphism

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    • 1.Anthropomorphism generates systematic, self-reinforcing errors because human observers are cognitively disposed toward intentional attribution by default.
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    • 2.Anthropodenial errors are correctable through further observation, while anthropomorphic errors corrupt experimental design before data collection begins.
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    • 3.Morgan's Canon reflects a sound asymmetric epistemic principle: parsimonious explanations should be preferred when evidence for complexity is ambiguous.
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    • 1.Dennett's intentional stance shows that anthropomorphic attribution can be instrumentally valid without committing to literal mental state ascription.
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    • 2.A methodological prohibition on anthropomorphism conflates heuristic tools for prediction with ontological claims about animal minds.
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    • 1.Anthropomorphism is an error because it falsely depicts the world by over-attributing human qualities to animals
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    • 2.Anthropodenial is an error because it falsely depicts the world by denying capacities that animals actually possess
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    • 3.Both types of error result in a false depiction of how the world actually is
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