Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs : are animals conscious? / Michael Tye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tye, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness in animals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 231 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Other Title:

Are animals conscious?

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

What is it like 'on the inside' for nonhuman animals? Do they feel anything? Most people happily accept that dogs, for example, share many experiences and feelings with us. But what about simpler creatures? Fish? Honeybees? Crabs? Turning to the artificial realm, what about robots? This work presents answers to these questions.

Contents:

Experience and its limits : the problem

Experience and consciousness

It's got to be human!

Our friends and neighbors

Reasoning about other species

A fish called Wanda

Of birds and reptiles (and fish)

Tense bees and shell-shocked crabs

The girl who can't feel pain

Commander Data and Robot Rabbit

The ethical treatment of animals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-027803-X

0-19-027804-8

0-19-027802-1