A philosophy for the science of animal consciousness / Walter Veit.
| Author/creator | Veit, Walter |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. |
| Description | xviii, 144 pages ; 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
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| Abstract | "This book attempts to advance Donald Griffin's vision of the "final, crowning chapter of the Darwinian revolution" by developing a philosophy for the science of animal consciousness. It advocates a Darwinian bottom-up approach that treats consciousness as a complex, evolved, and multi-dimensional phenomenon in nature, rather than a mysterious all-or-nothing property immune to the tools of science and restricted to a single species. The so-called emergence of a science of consciousness in the 1990s has at best been a science of human consciousness. This book aims to advance a true Darwinian science of consciousness in which its evolutionary origin, function, and phylogenetic diversity are moved from the field's periphery to its very centre; thus enabling us to integrate consciousness into an evolutionary view of life. Accordingly, this book has two objectives: (i) to argue for the need and possibility of an evolutionary bottom-up approach that addresses the problem of consciousness in terms of the evolutionary origins of a new ecological lifestyle that made consciousness worth having, and (ii) to articulate a thesis and beginnings of a theory of the place of consciousness as a complex evolved phenomenon in nature that can help us to answer the question of what it is like to be a bat, an octopus, or a crow. A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness will appeal to researchers and advanced students interested in advancing our understanding of animal minds, as well as anyone with a keen interest in how we can develop a science of animal consciousness"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-139) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022061465 |
| ISBN | 9781032343600 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781032343617 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | (ebk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |