"What is good for an octopus?" by Heather Browning

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Browning, Heather (2019) What is good for an octopus?. Animal Sentience 26(7)

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http://philosophy.cass.anu.edu.au/people/heather-browning

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Jennifer Mather, What is in an octopus's mind?

Abstract

Mather (2019) has brought together the current empirical research in support of the claim that octopuses possess minds; and the weight of the evidence does appear to support octopus sentience. Being sentient means an organism has welfare concerns, a subjective experience of life that can go well or poorly. Protecting welfare requires knowing what conditions will have a positive or negative impact. Understanding what is in the mind of an octopus will give us valuable insight into what is good for an octopus.

Author Biography

Heather Browning is a zookeeper and PhD candidate in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University, working on conceptual and methodological issues in the measurement of subjective animal welfare. Website

DOI

10.51291/2377-7478.1476

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