The octopus: A beautiful (but disorganized) “mind”
Animal Sentience August 3, 2026 DOI: 10.51291/2377-7478.1481 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Commentary Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Philosophy of mind |
| Keywords | Evolution Cognitive neuroscience Zoology Cognition and perception Life sciences |
| Key points | Argues that although Mather (2019) presents convincing evidence that octopuses have minds, the evidence is not clearly conveyed in the first 85% of the target article because it is hidden by other information and by organizational problems; proposes ways to build a tighter argument in the author's Response to the Commentaries. |
Abstract
Mather (2019) presents convincing evidence that octopuses have minds, but in the first 85% of the target article, the evidence does not come through very clearly because it is hidden by other information and by problems with the paper’s organization. I propose ways to build a tighter argument in the author’s Response to the Commentaries.