Kristin Andrews
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York Research Chair in Animal Minds. 🐀 🦧🐬 🐶 Philosophy Prof. Author...mom of a teen. pup. sci-fi fan. yoga. walker. mudlark. basketweaver.
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My paper "'All animal are conscious' Shifting the null hypothesis in consciousness science" is now out! Current science can't decide which animals are conscious & we should presume they all are, even C. elegans--so science can find a decision procedure. 🪱
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Now officially published ! "'All Animals are Conscious': Shifting the Null Hypothesis in Consciousness Science". Still open access- you can find it here
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First Science article! Frans de Waal and I argue we’re at a tipping point in animal emotions-it’s time to flip the null and accept that animals feel. Studying emotion types and moral implications require collaborations between philosophers and scientists.
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How to Study Animal Minds, where I argue scientists should presume animal consciousness, form relationships with the animals they study (even bees, yes), and focus on balancing biases rather than eliminating them, is available to read free until July 28.
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Such a tremendous loss. Frans de Waal showed us that animals are individuals, with their own personalities and interests, who live in society with their own rules, and he did it at a time when many scientists and philosophers were still debating about whether chimpanzees are...
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My latest for Aeon. 30 years ago we gave up the assumption that language is needed for consciousness, with great results. Now it's time to give up the assumption that it requires a complex brain.
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The New York Declaration of Animal Consciousness was signed today by leading figures in philosophy and science, reflecting our current scientific knowledge of consciousness in vertebrates and invertebrates. Join us!
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I really didn’t plan to match the baboon! Just excited to finally see the book!
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My latest for Aeon, on why we need to drop the assumption that a complex brain is needed if we are to make progress on the hard problem of consciousness.
Consciousness science should move past a focus on complex mammalian brains to study the behaviour of ‘simpler’ animals
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Honoured to have been awarded a Tier One York Research Chair in the Philosophy of Animal Minds.
Congrats to 8
@yorkuniversity
researchers joining the York Research Chairs (YRC) program – the University’s internal counterpart to the national Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program which recognizes outstanding researchers.
#YUResearch
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Check out what's happening in the emerging field of animal normativity, online, March 31, open to anyone who registers!
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I guess I'm really writing a trade book for Norton on animal culture! Absolutely thrilled with this process and proud to be a part of the
@wwnorton
community--so many of my favorite thinkers have published with them.
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This morning
@SimonFitzx
and I showed how to investigate whether animals have social norms and this afternoon Mike Tomasello told the room only humans are normative so there’s a gap that needs a bridge.
#CogSci2022
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I’m looking forward to speaking at this Zoom event tomorrow with
@birchlse
@rkbruegger
Frans de Waal, Carel van Schaik and Hannah Ginsburg. See what happens when we bring
#Philosophy
and
#ComparativeCognition
together.
March 31 2022
9:00 EDT; 15:00 CEST; 14:00 BST; 6:00 PDT
Animal Normativity
Online Workshop
Register here:
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We know orangutans use insecticidal plants; this is the first observation using a plant with anti-inflammatory & analgesic properties. I think it's less likely that we happened to catch an individual innovation, and more likely this is a cultural behavior.
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Great news for the birds and
@nickyclayton22
! That they raised private funding shows the degree of public interest in animal cognition. Now will the institutions realize the importance funding this sort of research?
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We’ve been working on this paper since the pandemic brought a bunch of philosophers and (mostly) comparative psychologists together once a week for a few months to figure out how to study social norms in animals. Here’s the answer!
🚨New
#OpenAccess
paper with
@KristinAndrewz
@SimonFitzx
@bonobo_style
@NakedPrimate
@DrSFBrosnan
@j_theriault
@dryan149
@LydiaMHopper
@LydieL23
Here's a quick 🧵about it:
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Manuscript delivered! The second edition of The Animal Mind should be out midyear 2020 with a new chapter on animal culture, and significantly revised chapters on consciousness, thought, morality, and updates on theory of mind.
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With translations of animal signals within reach, now is a good time for philosophers to consider ethical implications. I’m excited about the use of this technology to support negotiations between humans and wild animals in cases of conflict.
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Please join us April 19 as we discuss the evidence of consciousness in reptiles, amphibians, octopuses, crabs and bees. At NYU and online!
1/ The NYU Mind, Ethics, and Policy Program and Wild Animal Welfare Program are thrilled to be hosting a conference on the emerging science of animal consciousness on Friday April 19!
This event will be free and open to all, both in person and online.
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@birchlse
and I show why we need animal cognition research on a wide range of species if we ever want to answer questions about AI sentience.
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What kind of a mind do you need to have social norms? “Human and nonhuman norms: a dimensional framework” with
@SimonFitzx
and
@evan_westra
out now in
#ProcB
@RSocPublishing
. The third paper in our norms trilogy. 🧵👇
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Susana and I found this Muy Interesante on the streets of Madrid!
#AnimalMorality
#philosophyinthewild
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Glad to hear that
@cogsci_soc
is going even more comparative next year for 2021 in Vienna with the theme Cognitve Animals!
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Looking forward to reading this special issue on animal consciousness in Philosophical Topics with papers by
@birchlse
@zoophilosophy
@pgodfreysmith
@eschwitz
@MartaHalina
@wrwveit
and others, including my former MA student Kate Nicole Hoffman. Go Kate!
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Animal minds, and how to study them. I have two books coming out next month with two presses, odd as it is.
@Routledge_Phil
@CambridgeUP
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Do elephants participate in moral practice, and how? New paper by two of my former students Birte Wrange and Dennis Papadopoulos and their supervisor Judith Benz-Schwarzburg.
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What a way to end my hectic travel season-I'm in Sardinia for a lecture series plus hybrid conference "Normative Behavior in the Animal World" June 15, which you can join here:
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York Philosophy is hiring an Assistant Prof in Philosophy of Cognitive Science!
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Happy world rat day!
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@birchlse
If we put serious funding into animal sentience research we’ll be well situated to identify AI sentience long before we create it.
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I'm thrilled that Jane Goodall will be an honorary Yorkie! We put together this proposal back in 2019, and I'm honoured that Dr. Goodall accepted York's invitation. The ceremony is scheduled for April 8, the day of the total eclipse.
I am delighted that the University’s Sub-Committee on Honorary Degrees and Ceremonials has approved the nomination of Dr. Jane Goodall to receive an honorary degree from York. Dr. Goodall has dedicated her life to creating positive change in the world, (1/2)
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The first conference on the ethics of animals and AI was held at Princeton University in October, and the talks are now available. I spoke on the ethics of AI projects aimed at “translating” animal communication systems, such as the Earth Species Project.
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Such a tremendous loss. Frans was so generous, and had such a huge impact, personally and professionally.
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York Philosophy (Toronto) is NOW HIRING 2 1-year VAPs in Phil Cog Sci (with we hope a TT to follow this fall). Come join our vibrant community with specializations in animal minds, social cognition, perception, representation, AI, consciousness, etc...
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From Octopolis to Octoslum? No thank you.
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It was my great pleasure to completely rewrite the Animal Cognition entry with
@Susana_MonsO
And stay tuned for SEP additional entries on subtopics by
@MartaHalina
@cameronjbuckner
and
@CommunicatMind
in the next year or two.
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Had a great chat with
@LizWhitmere
at
@YorkUniversity
which she turned into a beautiful short film for
@TVO
@TheAgenda
We talked about empathy for other animals, how learning is everywhere, and that we live in a multi-species multi-cultural world.
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Philosophy having impact. Congratulations to
@birchlse
@zoophilosophy
and the ASCENT team!
It's good to see the UK's Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 becoming law - including the amendment that directly resulted from our report.
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So happy to share the news that philosopher Birte Wrange, whose PhD I'm co-supervising, has accepted a postdoc with Will Kymlicka at Queen's University Canada, and will be moving down the road from me! Welcome to the Ontario Philosophy of Animal Minds community
@BirdieRage
!
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Come see me present the latest version of
@evan_westra
and my methodological framework useful for studying social norms in humans and nonhumans alike!
"We propose a novel methodological and conceptual framework for the cognitive science of social norms that we call normative pluralism."
7/12 –
#PopperSeminar
with
@KristinAndrewz
: “A new framework for the psychology of social norms”
ALL WELCOME
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Looking forward to this conference!
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What is folk psychology anyway? Evan Westra, Shannon Spaulding, and I try to finally explain in our introduction to the special issue we edited for Synthese on Pluralistic Folk Psychology.
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Report from Normative Animals-we had over 300 people registered from every continent (save Antarctica) come together to discuss animal normativity. Thanks to the speakers, chairs and participants for a stimulating (and exhausting) two days!
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Jane Goodall moved us all with her optimism and encouragement to explore the opportunities that arise, work hard to achieve your goals, and never be afraid to step back after realizing this isn’t your path. It was a privilege to be part of the nominating team.
York University is proud to award an honorary degree to Jane Goodall, who for nearly 60 years has completed groundbreaking work in protecting chimpanzees from extinction and redefined species conservation. Welcome to the York University community, Dr. Goodall!
#JaneGoodall
🎓👏
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Congratulations to
@birchlse
and the ASENT team for doing philosophy and science resulting in such a significant impact on policy and wellbeing! 🦀 🦞 🐙
🐙 Following the LSE report on decapod and cephalopod sentience, the UK government has today confirmed that that the scope of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill will be extended to all decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs! 🦀
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I can't help but read this paper by
@lameira_adriano
and Madeleine Hardus as more evidence that orangutans are the best.
"Orangutans can make two sounds at the same time, similar to human beatboxing, study finds" via
@physorg_com
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Tomorrow! The Emerging Science of Animal Consciousness conference includes a major announcement at 10am ET, so please join us at the start of the session! For those with relevant expertise, this news will include an exciting opportunity to get involved.
Please join us April 19 as we discuss the evidence of consciousness in reptiles, amphibians, octopuses, crabs and bees. At NYU and online!
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Looking forward to this book on animals’ understanding of death by Susana Monsó
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Maria Botero in
@aeonmag
on what a philosopher can learn from chimpanzees in the field. York PhDs rock! Proud of my former students!
@YorkUPhilosophy
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Nice coverage of why we
@birchlse
@jeffrsebo
decided to organize a statement about the strong scientific support for consciousness in mammals and birds and a realistic possibility of it in other animals, including insects—& why we need more research on bug brains and behavior.
Far more animals than previously recognized might be conscious, according to a declaration signed earlier this month by dozens of scientists and philosophers.
@danfalk
explores for
@QuantaMagazine
:
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Out now-Naïve Normativity-understanding the evolution of morality by looking for normative cognition across species. I think we'll find "ought thought" in many social species, but the data I draw on is primarily field and lab research with chimpanzees.
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It really happened--I'm in London for the next four months visiting
@LSEPhilosophy
at the CPNSS working with
@birchlse
and his team. And ready to visit UK friends!
#PandemicSabbatical
It's a pleasure to welcome our latest ASENT Visiting Professor,
@KristinAndrewz
. Welcome to the project Kristin - and to London!
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Why are police attacking graduate students on the picket lines?
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Congratulations to Dr. Birte Wrange for a wonderful defense of their PhD thesis “Morality in Animals: What it means and why it matters”👏🥳
@BirdieRage
is a philosopher to watch!
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I’m looking forward to talking about my work with Simon Fitzpatrick on animal culture and animal welfare policy next month at NYU Animal Studies. It’s a zoom talk so I think you’re all invited!
.
@NYU_ASI
is thrilled to be hosting
@KristinAndrewz
for a talk about why animal culture matters for animal welfare policy!
This talk will be Friday April 22, 2:00-3:30pm ET. Free and open to the public. You can find more info and RSVP below.
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@chazfirestone
All my grant applications explain that, for philosophers, conferences and presentations are not for knowledge mobilization so much as part of our methodology for testing arguments. That's where a lot of the collaborative philosophy work gets done. So different from psychology.
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he would still be working on the topic of invertebrate consciousness, and he would change our thinking about the minds of the tiniest animals around us, just as he changed our thinking about chimpanzee societies. But he leaves that work to us, which we will carry on in his memory
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Congratulations Dr. Andrew Lopez! I learned so much from reading his dissertation and am sold on his idea that animals can suffer epistemic injustice. Plus, Andrew can give lessons on how to be chill during a defence!
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Animal people--new podcast alert hosted by
@animals4curious
! The first episode features an interview with me on animal minds, morality, and culture that my kid AND my parents understood and enjoyed! An animal podcast for anyone who loves other animals.
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A new open access collection of writing by Mary Midgley, philosopher of animal minds before it was a thing!
On Mary Midgley's birthday, we're delighted to announce a new collection of the late, great, philosopher's writings in our journal and the supplementary volumes, which has been made free to access by
@CambUP_PHILNYUK
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@GDezecache
Yes!! ^^^
@SimonFitzx
and I have a paper about the creation of cross-species culture in captive settings, too, which can then be transmitted to newcomers.
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Cross-modal perception in bumble bees--more evidence of representational thought in invertebrates!
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My next talk--on animal morality, and this time I put the burden of proof in the ethicists' hands! Wish me luck...
Can animals be moral?
@KristinAndrewz
investigates normative thinking in other animals at our next
#ConjectureAndRefutations
seminar on 7 DECEMBER.
FREE
ONLINE
OPEN TO ALL
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As we argued in Chimpanzee Rights: The Philosophers Brief, since animals are not objects, and the law only recognizes two categories--animals and persons-- animals must be considered persons under the law--or we need to introduce a third category.
Animals are (legal) people too. This argument needs to be made as forcefully and frequently as possible.
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York Philosophy’s job ad in Philosophy of Cognitive Science, very broadly understood, is now live. Please share! 🐘 🦧 🐠 💻 📖 🧬 🧠🧘♂️🎼🤹⛰⛩⚖️🪴🪰🐝👁
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even thinking, feeling things. The default thinking about primate minds and cultures has completely changed in the west thanks to Frans' research, writing, and public lectures, and through the research fields that emerged out of his generosity in training and supporting
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Now out, with
@SimonFitzx
"Animal culture and animal welfare" Captive animals have culture too, and noticing that can help captive animal welfare.
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We’re gathering in Madrid for the inaugural PAMBA meeting! Can’t join us physically? Check out the schedule and how to stream talks live!
🙉 🧠 ¿El ser humano es el único animal que piensa?
Cada vez hay más indicios de racionalidad en otras especies, y esta es una de las cuestiones que se abordarán mañana en la ‘Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association’.
🔗
#Investigaci
ónUNED
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This week! Norms and Social Understanding from a Comparative Perspective. Join us in Bochum or on-line starting Thursday.
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Philosophers working in the philosophy of animal minds, please share widely, and if you are an early career researcher, please submit your great essay to the PAMBA Prize. The winning author gets a trip to Madrid and a publication in Biology & Philosophy!
@PhilosophyPamba
,
@Bio_and_Philo
, and
@YorkUPhilosophy
are happy to announce the PAMBA Prize, an essay prize to promote research in the philosophy of animal minds, available to early-career researchers.
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Great to see that Le Monde has a new article on the NY Declaration on Animal Consciousness.
Le Monde covers the NY Declaration on Animal Consciousness.
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Ok, so THIS cat has MSR, right?
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If you are at
#CogSci2022
come see me and
@SimonFitzx
Friday morning. If you are a philosopher of cog sci in Toronto and not at CogSci, come to CogSci!
#Cogsci2022
folks: mosey on over to see my awesome coauthors
@KristinAndrewz
and
@SimonFitzx
present our poster on how to study social norms in non-human animals on Friday at 8:30am!
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I’m talking about animal culture and animal welfare on Earth Day!
Join us on April 22nd for "Why Animal Culture Matters for Animal Welfare Policy," a virtual public lecture presented by
@KristinAndrewz
For RSVP:
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How To Study Animal Minds
@CambridgeUP
examines the textbooks used in
#comparativepsychology
and argues for a revision of the methods. Animals should be seen as conscious social partners. But I think we’re all just 100 years behind
#MargaretWashburn
here.
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This hybrid workshop at LSE on episodic memory across species looks great!
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I've had a few requests for our new paper "How Not to Find Over-Imitation in Animals" which has been published in Human Development. We now have a version available for those who are having difficulty accessing the journal.
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Tomorrow York's 2020 Cognitive Science Speaker Series cosponsored by
@YorkUPhilosophy
continues with Cecilia Heyes who will be speaking on "Cultural Evolutionary Psychology" and chatting with our cognitive science students. They are so lucky! Thanks
@CeliaHeyes
!
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Pre-announcement and CFP: Normative Animals Workshop. June 17-18. Join
@birchlse
@DrSFBrosnan
@bonobo_style
@ChrisKrupenye
@LydieL23
@LydiaMHopper
@CogitWho
@Susana_MonsO
@evan_westra
@BirdieRage
and more! Register 👉🏽
I'm organizing a pretty neat online conference with
@KristinAndrewz
on normative cognition in human and nonhuman animals - happening June 17-18. Details 👇
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Maybe it's not helping that is human unique, but expecting a thank you after doing so.
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Today York's 2020 Cognitive Science Speaker Series cosponsored by
@YorkUPhilosophy
launches with Thibaud Gruber who will be speaking on "A Cognitive Approach to Wild Cultures" and chatting with our cognitive science students. I'm so looking forward to this! Thanks
@bonobo_style
!
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but to fish, birds and reptiles, molluscs, crabs, and insects. Frans wanted us to present the argument that consciousness matters morally, and that while it may be convenient to deny the feelings of invertebrates, it is not ethically sound. I know if he were here with us today
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Undergraduate and grad students in philosophy of animal minds-my animal communication field course has a few spots open. Get uni credit, study dolphins, theorize communication w/Richard Moore, Kathleen Dudzinski and me for 2 wks in Roatán.
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“I asked Andrews my final question, the same one that I asked all the philosophers and scientists and linguists: Assuming that we could have a complex conversation with sperm whales, what would she say to them?….”
I wrote about the effort to decipher sperm whale language with artificial intelligence.
I reached out to philosophers, linguists, animal rights lawyers, marine biologists, field scientists who specialize in whales, and paleontologists. Assume that this works, I told them.
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Who else is taking advantage of this insanity to sit in on a buddy’s class? So far I’m two classes into Noam Miller’s seminar on Animal Cognition. I’m grateful he still lets me study him!
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I got to talk to
@mattgallowaycbc
live on
@TheCurrentCBC
this am about the NY Dec on Animal Consciousness, crab shell shocks, cold movies, dog urine-sniffing & why we should study fruit fly consciousness while extending welfare protection to them. … at :47
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There are a few spots left--Register for the Normative Animals conference as philosophers, psychologists, and primatologists engage with the question of whether animals have social norms, and how to study them. June 17-18
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Surprise! Social norms are heterogeneous and supported by a plurality of cognitive mechanisms, largely overlapping with social cognitive mechanisms.
In a Diverse Intelligences, an international team—including Russell Powell (
@BU_CAS
),
@KristinAndrewz
, and
@CogitWho
—will examine what patterns of convergence tell us about the appearance of social norms throughout the animal kingdom.
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It takes a while to recover from an abusive relationship, I know. It will take some time before I can celebrate, but today I feel a bit safer.
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The Animal Mind
@Routledge_Phil
covers philosophical questions about
#animals
and
#consciousness
,
#thought
,
#communication
,
#socialcognition
,
#culture
, and
#ethics
.
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I'm happy this paper with
@SimonFitzx
on how animal culture can enrich our understanding of animal welfare is now available. It's just our first step in looking at these issues, and we're looking forward to bigger collaborations in this area. See the 🧵 👇
New paper with
@KristinAndrewz
forthcoming in Philosophy of Science, PSA Proceedings. A first pass look at implications of animal culture for captive animal welfare. We introduce the idea of “cultural harms” to animals. 1/
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Nearing the end of two weeks field course with
@dolphincommu
and
@YorkUPhilosophy
Thanks
@YorkULAPS
for making this opportunity possible for so many students! (Squint and you’ll see some dolphins)
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Check out the new home of all things philosophy of animal minds, plan to attend some events, and sign up to receive the newsletter!
We’re happy to announce the birth of our new website!
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This week I really started planning again. I’ll be in London for the autumn term with
@birchlse
Foundations of Animal Sentience project. Booking UK talks now. Feels so good! Take that, virus!
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Because doing science makes for better philosophy of science, I put together this field course in 2019, to run in 2020, which was delayed until now. Worth the wait!
York students are learning a ton with Kathleen & Manon- in the classroom and firsthand! DCP is thrilled to continue our research and education at
#AKR
and
#RIMS
.
#Dolphins
#ProtectWhatYouLove
#Roatan
@YorkUPhilosophy
@YorkULAPS
@KristinAndrewz
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Today was the last day of the academic highlight of my pandemic-a three month workshop series on
#AnimalNormativity
, born of a cancelled workshop Simon Fitzpatrick and I planned to bring together philosophers and scientists. Summer conference CFP to come!
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Move over Chrysippus’ dog—Exclusion reasoning/disjunctive syllogism/statistical reasoning in skua birds? Or heuristic “avoid the empty cup”? Either way, either sophisticated reasoning or fast heuristic learning-super cool!
Wild brown skuas can choose by exclusion in an object-choice task. Skuas learned to search for a food reward hidden under one of two opaque cups. When shown just the content of the empty cup, skuas preferentially searched under the rewarded cup.
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