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Pathological Complexity and the Function of Consciousness in Nature: Part I

Veit, Walter (2025) Pathological Complexity and the Function of Consciousness in Nature: Part I. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This essay functions as the introduction to a two-part special issue on Walter Veit’s recent monograph A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness (Routledge, 2023). Veit introduces the purpose of this special issue and offers a summary of the first batch of commentaries.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Veit, Walterwrwveit@gmail.com0000-0001-7701-8995
Keywords: Consciousness, adaptive behaviour, evolution, subjective experience, animal consciousness
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Biology
Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology
Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology
Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science
Specific Sciences > Psychology > Comparative Psychology and Ethology
Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence
Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness
Depositing User: Dr. Walter Veit
Date Deposited: 15 May 2025 12:12
Last Modified: 15 May 2025 12:12
Item ID: 25305
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Biology
Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology
Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
Specific Sciences > Biology > Function/Teleology
Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science
Specific Sciences > Psychology > Comparative Psychology and Ethology
Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence
Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness
Date: 2025
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25305

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