Animal sentience

This entry discusses specifically the question of whether nonhuman animals are sentient. For discussion about the moral significance of sentience or distribution of sentience,its distribution, see sentience.

This entry discusses specifically the question of whether nonhuman animals are sentient. For discussion about the moral significance or distribution of sentience, see sentience.

This entry discusses the question of whether nonhuman animals are sentient. For discussion about the moral significance of sentience, see sentience.

Browning, Heather & Jonathan Birch (2022) Animal sentience, Philosophy Compass.

Animal sentience is the study of the affective capacities of nonhuman animals, i.e. their capacity to have subjective experiences.

Further reading

Tye, Michael (2017) Tense Bees and Shell-Shocked Crabs: Are Animals Conscious?, New York: Oxford University Press.

animal cognition | moral patienthood | sentience

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