Comments on: Book review – A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness/2023/12/07/book-review-a-philosophy-for-the-science-of-animal-consciousness/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Thu, 06 Feb 2025 14:42:08 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Book review – Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/12/07/book-review-a-philosophy-for-the-science-of-animal-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-95076Sat, 12 Oct 2024 11:48:40 +0000/?p=22191#comment-95076[…] extent while the remaining three are optional, and some might only be present in humans. Much like Walter Veit did for animal consciousness, she subscribes to a gradualist picture of the evolution of animal cognition. Given our complex […]

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]]>By: Book review – Living on Earth: Life, Consciousness and the Making of the Natural World | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/12/07/book-review-a-philosophy-for-the-science-of-animal-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-95040Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:58:10 +0000/?p=22191#comment-95040[…] this is widespread in animals and evolved gradually (Walter Veit, acknowledging his influence, recently proposed a detailed sequence of events). Godfrey-Smith prefers the term “felt experience” instead of consciousness, and in a […]

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]]>By: Book review – Biocivilisations: A New Look at the Science of Life | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/12/07/book-review-a-philosophy-for-the-science-of-animal-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-94891Fri, 31 May 2024 11:42:46 +0000/?p=22191#comment-94891[…] hows and whys of animal communication, the mental lives of animals (including emotions, dreams, and consciousness), and even plant neurobiology, and the planetary impact of microbes. Tool use in animals is well […]

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]]>By: Wes Herrin/2023/12/07/book-review-a-philosophy-for-the-science-of-animal-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-94856Tue, 07 May 2024 14:42:58 +0000/?p=22191#comment-94856It has been two decades since I really delved in to any significant degree of philosophical readings, but your review really has my interest peaked. Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a well-thought-out review for what certainly sounds like a fascinating read. I look forward to getting a copy!

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]]>By: Book review – The Evolutionary Origins of Life and Death | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/12/07/book-review-a-philosophy-for-the-science-of-animal-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-94752Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:37:46 +0000/?p=22191#comment-94752[…] concept of teleonomy (think of it as teleology-lite). Walter Veit introduced me to it in A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness, arguing that organisms are goal-directed systems evolved to maximize fitness. Kevin Mitchell […]

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]]>By: Book review – Determined: Life Without Free Will | The Inquisitive Biologist/2023/12/07/book-review-a-philosophy-for-the-science-of-animal-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-94711Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:26:16 +0000/?p=22191#comment-94711[…] I feel we have reached an impasse. Walter Veit recently tackled the problem of consciousness in a very rewarding fashion by asking how it could have evolved in small steps. High time, thus, to turn to Free Agents to see […]

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]]>By: Prema/2023/12/07/book-review-a-philosophy-for-the-science-of-animal-consciousness/comment-page-1/#comment-94646Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:05:21 +0000/?p=22191#comment-94646I have no expertise in this area but it will be interesting to take this further into group/collective/population ‘consciousness’ as displayed by ant colonies or bees, and whether there are empirically- researchable hints of such evolutionary behavior in animal/human clusters. I also find it interesting that our intuition suggests there’s credence for this line of thinking (not novel in that sense) but we have to wait for reductionist scientific research for proof and evidence. Admittedly, it is the way of the scientific method.

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