Browning, Heather and Veit, Walter (2022) Optimism about measuring animal feelings. [Preprint]

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In a recent article, Rowan et al. (2022) have expressed scepticism about our ability to accurately measure animal feelings. Here, we argue that evolutionary considerations about the functions of feelings might give us more reason for optimism, and outline a method for how this might be achieved.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Browning, Heather heather.browning@anu.edu.au 0000-0003-1554-7052 Veit, Walter wrwveit@gmail.com 0000-0001-7701-8995
Keywords:	animal sentience, animal feelings, measurement, consciousness, philosophy of science
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Comparative Psychology and Ethology Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness General Issues > Ethical Issues
Depositing User:	Dr. Walter Veit
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2022 14:58
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2023 00:55
Item ID:	21330
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Psychology > Comparative Psychology and Ethology Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness General Issues > Ethical Issues
Date:	2022
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21330

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