Tag: Kristin Andrews on animal consciousness

Back View of a Primitive Prehistoric Neanderthal Child in Animal Skin Draws Animals and Abstracts on the Walls at Night. Creating First Cave Art with Petroglyphs, Rock Paintings Illuminated by Fire.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 29, 2024

Categorized
Animal mind, Human exceptionalism, Neuroscience, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind

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Animal Mind, Kristin Andrews on animal consciousness, Mirror test}

The Hard Problem of Consciousness Remains Inescapable

_{Neuroscientist Francisco Aboitiz starts by offering to tell us how consciousness evolved but then makes a critical concession} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 29, 2024

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Animal mind, Human exceptionalism, Neuroscience, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind}

Aboitiz concludes, “In the end, the dualistic dilemma between subjective experience and mechanistic explanations seems to me inescapable.” Read More ›

Macro photo of Toxocara canis, dog roundworm

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
December 8, 2023

Categorized
Animal mind, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness (2012), Kristin Andrews, Kristin Andrews on animal consciousness}

Can the Simplest Animal Minds Explain Human Minds?

_{Kristin Andrews thinks consciousness researchers should discard the assumptions of “overwhelmingly white, male and WEIRD” philosophy profs and study more crabs} _{Denyse O'Leary
December 8, 2023

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Animal mind, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind}

Panpsychism is a faith, like materialism; its assumptions and assertions are not “value-free.” We are likely to be unpacking them for some time. Read More ›