Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior (PAMBA)

Last post--Call for Papers for PAMBA 2025 in Santa Barbara now out! the-pamba.com/events-1/pamba…

My book The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI is out 15 August. Sign up at edgeofsentience.com for a free PDF - and use code AAFLYG6 to get 30% off a printed copy at global.oup.com/academic/produ…

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Save The Date-The second meeting of the Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association will be held at the University of Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Colin Allen is hosting talks and events including a tour of @CoalOilPoint Natural Reserve to observe plovers. Stay tuned!

@QuantaMagazine @NBCNews @thehill @Nature And @thetimes! thetimes.co.uk/article/animal…

@QuantaMagazine @NBCNews @thehill And @Nature! nature.com/articles/d4158…

@QuantaMagazine @NBCNews And at @thehill! thehill.com/policy/energy-…

@QuantaMagazine And at @NBCNews! nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna1…

Announcing The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness! It holds that all vertebrates and many invertebrates have a realistic chance of being conscious, and that their welfare merits consideration. If you have relevant expertise, please sign! nydeclaration.com

What is the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness and what do we hope to achieve with it? You can read our collective view at (nydeclaration.com) but for my personal view, see the slides of my talk here: drive.google.com/file/d/1Wvh3np…

Report in Nature on the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness nature.com/articles/d4158…

An octopus behavior blog post. Not science, and no great drama. Just 90 minutes or so of everyday life. metazoan.net/117-five-octop… (I am still working on it - will add some more videos.)

An exciting moment for animal consciousness research: we are launching today the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness (nydeclaration.com) with 39 initial signatories, world-leading experts on🧠🐦‍⬛🦜🦇🐟🐙🦀🦞🐝🪰. We now invite anyone with relevant expertise to sign.

If you think there is a strong evidence for consciousness in mammals and birds and a realistic possibility of consciousness in reptiles, amphibians, fish, cephalopods, crustaceans, and insects, you may want to consider adding your name to the 39 initial signatories #NYDeclaration

@ComparativeCog Sad to have missed it!

What an incredible CO3 we had this year! Outstanding science, a fantastic new location, and lots of new faces and old. We hope you all found it as stimulating and fun as we did #CO3_2024 🐍🐒🦎🐀🐣🕷🐕 🦜🦍🐠🐿🦐🐬🙋‍♀️

Tune in at exactly 10am ET / 3pm BST on Friday for a big announcement and an opportunity to get involved in our ongoing field-building project.

Tomorrow! The Emerging Science of Animal Consciousness conference includes a major announcement at 10am ET, so please join us at the start of the session! For those with relevant expertise, this news will include an exciting opportunity to get involved. rb.gy/82rest

With less than 2 weeks until #CO3_2024 officially kicks off, we're looking forward to welcoming you all to New Mexico! Get ready for our exciting line-up of speakers on all things comparative cognition across a diverse range of species. Program: comparativecognition.org/CO3/CO3_2024_P…