The clever Hans phenomenon from an animal psychologist's point of view

pp. 237-255

in: Donald Favareau, Essential readings in biosemiotics, Berlin, Springer, 2009

Abstract

Swiss zoologist Heini K. P. Hediger (1908–1992), is the second historical figure named in Thomas A. Sebeok's review of the "three successive 20th century iterations of biosemiotics' prior to the one that Sebeok himself initiated. "One of the sundry riddles that mar the gradual coming into view of modern biosemiotics," writes Sebeok, "is the neglect of Heini Hediger, whose lifelong attempt to understand animals surely marked a milestone in the elucidation of this domain, providing it with a particularly beneficial empirical footing" (S3x).