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Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs : are animals conscious?, Michael Tye

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What is it like 'on the inside' for nonhuman animals? Do they feel anything? Most people happily accept that dogs, for example, share many experiences and feelings with us. But what about simpler creatures? Fish? Honeybees? Crabs? Turning to the artificial realm, what about robots? This work presents answers to these questions
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xvii, 231 pages
Contents
  • Experience and its limits : the problem
  • Experience and consciousness. Problem cases? ; The higher-order theory of consciousness ; Phenomenal consciousness versus access consciousness ; Self-consciousness ; The upshot for animal consciousness
  • It's got to be human! Descartes and the animals ; Descartes and Turing ; Conceptualism about experience
  • Our friends and neighbors. Beliefs and desires ; Experiences and feelings
  • Reasoning about other species. Cupcake's pain ; Sharpening the issue ; Is the absence of a neocortex a defeater? ; Should we be agnostic? ; Alternative strategies
  • A fish called Wanda. Pain ; Fish nociception and fish behavior ; Is there a better explanation? ; Fish fear ; Perceptual consciousness in fish ; Yes, but are there really fish qualia?
  • Of birds and reptiles (and fish). The origins of birds ; Bird emotions ; Birds and pain ; Perceptual experiences in birds ; Reptiles
  • Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs. Insect nociception and pain ; Insects and emotions ; Are bees zombies? ; Crabs and pain ; Crabs and bees
  • The girl who can't feel pain. A complaint from Block ; Protozoa ; Plants ; Caterpillars
  • Commander Data and Robot Rabbit. The original China-body problem ; Reasoning about commander data ; The silicon chip argument ; Real rabbit and robot rabbit ; A further reason for preferring the view that commander data and robot rabbit are conscious ; A final consideration
  • The ethical treatment of animals. Animal welfarism ; Speciesism ; Regan and Rawls ; Centered speciesism and biological proximity ; The treatment of animals
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9780190278014
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Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs : are animals conscious?
Title
Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs
Title remainder
are animals conscious?
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Michael Tye
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
What is it like 'on the inside' for nonhuman animals? Do they feel anything? Most people happily accept that dogs, for example, share many experiences and feelings with us. But what about simpler creatures? Fish? Honeybees? Crabs? Turning to the artificial realm, what about robots? This work presents answers to these questions
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Tye, Michael
Dewey number
591.5
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
QL785.25
LC item number
.T94 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Consciousness in animals
  • Consciousness in animals
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • PSYCHOLOGY
  • Consciousness in animals
  • Bewusstsein
  • Ethik
  • Künstliche Intelligenz
  • Tiere
  • Wirbellose
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Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs : are animals conscious?, Michael Tye
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Experience and its limits : the problem -- Experience and consciousness. Problem cases? ; The higher-order theory of consciousness ; Phenomenal consciousness versus access consciousness ; Self-consciousness ; The upshot for animal consciousness -- It's got to be human! Descartes and the animals ; Descartes and Turing ; Conceptualism about experience -- Our friends and neighbors. Beliefs and desires ; Experiences and feelings -- Reasoning about other species. Cupcake's pain ; Sharpening the issue ; Is the absence of a neocortex a defeater? ; Should we be agnostic? ; Alternative strategies -- A fish called Wanda. Pain ; Fish nociception and fish behavior ; Is there a better explanation? ; Fish fear ; Perceptual consciousness in fish ; Yes, but are there really fish qualia? -- Of birds and reptiles (and fish). The origins of birds ; Bird emotions ; Birds and pain ; Perceptual experiences in birds ; Reptiles -- Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs. Insect nociception and pain ; Insects and emotions ; Are bees zombies? ; Crabs and pain ; Crabs and bees -- The girl who can't feel pain. A complaint from Block ; Protozoa ; Plants ; Caterpillars -- Commander Data and Robot Rabbit. The original China-body problem ; Reasoning about commander data ; The silicon chip argument ; Real rabbit and robot rabbit ; A further reason for preferring the view that commander data and robot rabbit are conscious ; A final consideration -- The ethical treatment of animals. Animal welfarism ; Speciesism ; Regan and Rawls ; Centered speciesism and biological proximity ; The treatment of animals
Control code
ocn947144998
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xvii, 231 pages
Isbn
9780190278014
Isbn Type
(hardcover : alk. paper)
Lccn
2016007560
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40026739138
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780190278014
  • (OCoLC)947144998
Label
Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs : are animals conscious?, Michael Tye
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Experience and its limits : the problem -- Experience and consciousness. Problem cases? ; The higher-order theory of consciousness ; Phenomenal consciousness versus access consciousness ; Self-consciousness ; The upshot for animal consciousness -- It's got to be human! Descartes and the animals ; Descartes and Turing ; Conceptualism about experience -- Our friends and neighbors. Beliefs and desires ; Experiences and feelings -- Reasoning about other species. Cupcake's pain ; Sharpening the issue ; Is the absence of a neocortex a defeater? ; Should we be agnostic? ; Alternative strategies -- A fish called Wanda. Pain ; Fish nociception and fish behavior ; Is there a better explanation? ; Fish fear ; Perceptual consciousness in fish ; Yes, but are there really fish qualia? -- Of birds and reptiles (and fish). The origins of birds ; Bird emotions ; Birds and pain ; Perceptual experiences in birds ; Reptiles -- Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs. Insect nociception and pain ; Insects and emotions ; Are bees zombies? ; Crabs and pain ; Crabs and bees -- The girl who can't feel pain. A complaint from Block ; Protozoa ; Plants ; Caterpillars -- Commander Data and Robot Rabbit. The original China-body problem ; Reasoning about commander data ; The silicon chip argument ; Real rabbit and robot rabbit ; A further reason for preferring the view that commander data and robot rabbit are conscious ; A final consideration -- The ethical treatment of animals. Animal welfarism ; Speciesism ; Regan and Rawls ; Centered speciesism and biological proximity ; The treatment of animals
Control code
ocn947144998
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xvii, 231 pages
Isbn
9780190278014
Isbn Type
(hardcover : alk. paper)
Lccn
2016007560
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
40026739138
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780190278014
  • (OCoLC)947144998

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