Fish consciousness [commentary on Woodruff on Fish Feel]
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Gamez, D. 2018. Fish consciousness [commentary on Woodruff on Fish Feel]. Animal Sentience.
Type | Article |
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Title | Fish consciousness [commentary on Woodruff on Fish Feel] |
Authors | Gamez, D. |
Abstract | Woodruff makes two arguments to support his claim that ray-finned fish are conscious: (1) Fish neuroanatomy has similarities with the structures in the human brain that support consciousness. (2) The complexity and flexibility of fish behaviour suggest that they are conscious. This commentary will argue that neither the neuroanatomical nor the behavioural argument can provide conclusive evidence for consciousness in fish. We should suspend judgement until we have discovered mathematical theories of consciousness that can reliably map between states of consciousness and states of the physical world. |
Research Group | Artificial Intelligence group |
Publisher | WellBeing International |
Journal | Animal Sentience |
ISSN | 2377-7478 |
Publication dates | |
26 Jun 2018 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 18 Sep 2018 |
Accepted | 20 Jun 2018 |
Output status | Published |
Publisher's version | License |
Additional information | Gamez, David (2018) Fish consciousness. Animal Sentience 13(17) |
Web address (URL) | https://animalstudiesrepository.org/animsent/vol2/iss13/17/ |
Language | English |
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