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Humans are superior — by human standards [PDF]
, 2019 Chapman & Huffman argue that humans are neither unique nor superior to other animals. I believe they are right in claiming that we are no more unique than any other species, but wrong in assuming that this means we cannot be ranked as superior.
Monsó, Susana
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Future of Thailand's captive elephants: commentary on Baker & Winkler on elephant rewilding [PDF]
, 2020 Removal from natural habitat and commodification as private property compromise elephants’ broader societal value. Although we support Baker & Winkler’s (2020) plea for a new community-based rewilding conservation model focused on mahout culture, we ...
Bates, Lucy +3 more
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Neurophysiological models of animal sentience
Biomedical Science and Engineering, 2020 The pain in animals is typically inferred on the basis of nonverbal behavior. The proposed model is based on the bioengineering principle that structure determines function. Basic functional homologies can be mapped in the brain regions directly responsible for the sensation of painful stimuli and their representation in the limbic circuits of the ...
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Thought experiments, sentience, and animalism
Synthese, 2023 AbstractAnimalism is prima facie the most plausible view about what we are; it aligns better with science and common sense, and is metaphysically more parsimonious. Thought experiments involving the brain, however, tend to elicit intuitions contrary to animalism.
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Animal sentience and suffering: a restriction on scientific research or a challenge?
Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche, 2019 The Author treats the involvement of the statement of “animal sentience” as regards to the utilization of different animal models in research activities, by presenting and discussing the actual knowledge on neurofunctional bases of emotions and ...
Adriana Ferlazzo
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Why Biology is Beyond Physical Sciences? [PDF]
, 2016 In the framework of materialism, the major attention is to find general organizational laws stimulated by physical sciences, ignoring the uniqueness of Life.
Muni, Bhakti Vijnana +1 more
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Behavioural stress responses predict environmental perception in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) [PDF]
, 2014 Individual variation in the response to environmental challenges depends partly on innate reaction norms, partly on experience-based cognitive/emotional evaluations that individuals make of the situation. The goal of this study was to investigate whether
A Sih +46 more
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Psychosocial Outcomes in Patients With Endocrine Tumor Syndromes: A Systematic Review
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction The combination of disease manifestations, the familial burden, and varying penetrance of endocrine tumor syndromes (ETSs) is unique. This review aimed to portray and summarize available data on psychosocial outcomes in patients with ETSs and explore gaps and opportunities for future research and care.
Daniël Zwerus +6 more
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Given the Cold Shoulder: A Review of the Scientific Literature for Evidence of Reptile Sentience
Animals, 2019 We searched a selection of the scientific literature to document evidence for, and explorations into reptile sentience. The intention of this review was to highlight; (1) to what extent reptile capability for emotions have been documented in the ...
Helen Lambert +2 more
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Oral parables of regional ecological wisdom: rituals of co-belonging and multispecies care in The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh [PDF]
Currents, 2023 This article studies The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh as an exemplary text that cuts through the simplistic ideas of human-nonhuman relations. Adapting Bhrigupati Singh’s idea of agonistic intimacy, to a slightly different context, this article endeavours
Akshita Bhardwaj
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