Animal Subjectivity
Animal subjectivity is often associated with consciousness, but this is a mistake. Consciousness is limited to illuminating some cognitive processes, while many others are carried out unconsciously. I would add that even conscious thoughts are not produced by consciousness but are only made explicit...
| Published in: | Concilium |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2022
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| In: |
Concilium
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Animals
/ Subjectivity
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| RelBib Classification: | NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics VA Philosophy ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
Animals
B Consciousness B Subjectivity |
| Summary: | Animal subjectivity is often associated with consciousness, but this is a mistake. Consciousness is limited to illuminating some cognitive processes, while many others are carried out unconsciously. I would add that even conscious thoughts are not produced by consciousness but are only made explicit by it. Subjectivity therefore must precede consciousness and is much broader than this. In this essay I propose some interpretative ways to avoid this impasse and to understand what subjectivity is, because we intuitively know that an animal is a subject while a machine is an object. What are the attributes that give subjectivity? To do this, I will use an approach that makes use of both ethology and philosophy, which I call philosophical ethology. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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