How does consciousness vary across the animal kingdom? Are some animals 'more
conscious' than others? This article presents a multidimensional framework for …

Highlights•Studies in social bees have proposed various forms of sophisticated
cognition.•Bees display a variety of cognitive phenomena including attention, social learning …

There is no agreement on whether any invertebrates are conscious and no agreement on a
methodology that could settle the issue. How can the debate move forward? I distinguish …

Evolutionary change is usually incremental and continuous, but some increases in
organizational complexity have been radical and divisive. Evolutionary biologists, who refer …

Traditional approaches in comparative cognition have a long history of focusing on a narrow
range of vertebrate species. However, in recent years the range of model species has …

This chapter charts a number of options for the evolution of consciousness (in a broad sense
of that term) with particular attention to how consciousness fits into the genealogical …

Billions of animals across many taxa are extensively farmed, with critical impacts on animal
welfare. Societal efforts to reduce animal suffering lack rigorous and systematic approaches …

" The Problem of Consciousness This chapter will introduce you to consciousness and its
most important characteristics. We will look at definitions of consciousness, and examine …

To provide a theoretical basis for the common view that moral status comes in degrees,
many philosophers endorse 'two-factor'accounts of the foundations of moral status. These …

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juttukokonaisuuden otsikko huhtikuussa 20151. Hyönteisiä kaavaillaan innokkaasti osaksi …