Neuroscience of animal consciousness: still agnostic after all.
Yoram Gutfreund
Frontiers in Psychology October 9, 2024 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1456403 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that the question of which species possess conscious awareness, termed the "distribution question" (Niikawa, 2020), is a philosophical problem arising from the "other minds problem" (Harnad, 2016), and that its implications extend to ethics and policy in human-animal interactions, to diagnosing consciousness in locked-in syndrome, and to questions about machine consciousness. |
Abstract
The question of animal consciousness, also known as the distribution question (Niikawa, 2020), is the question of which animal species share with us humans the enigmatic capability for conscious awareness. This is a philosophical question (Nagel, 1980) that stems from the "other minds problem" (Harnad, 2016). The implications of this question may influence ethical considerations and policy-making in human-animal interactions (Yeates, 2022) as well as challenges in diagnosing human consciousness in cases like lockedin syndrome (Bayne et al. , 2024), and questions about machine consciousness (Schneider, 2020).
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