3 papers in the library · 5 citations · publishing 2023-2026
AJOB Neuroscience April 3, 2026 Adina L. Roskies, Nicolas Rouleau
The target article by Van Gyseghem et al. (2026) surveys discussions of consciousness in papers involving human brain organoids (HBOs). They rightly point out that there are many divergent concepts...
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci November 13, 2025 W. Tecumseh Fitch, Colin Allen, Adina L. Roskies 4 citations
did consciousness evolve? Assuming that some species (e.g. humans) have consciousness and others (e.g. redwoods or mushrooms) do not, what problem(s) did consciousness evolve to solve? From a biological and evolutionary viewpoint, and regardless of which species have consciousness (or to what degree), this question of the adaptive function(s) of consciousness is central. Nonetheless, the...
AJOB Neurosci April 1, 2023 Adina L. Roskies 1 citation
Shepherd (2023) is concerned about the moral status of nonhumans and argues that consciousness-based approaches to moral status are inadequate to guide policy decisions. Consciousness-based approac...