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Listen to philosopher @JacobBeck talk about his academic journey and his take on animal minds in an interview with Jay Richardson for the podcast @Cognitations. open.spotify.com/episode/3dnc...?

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Great to see this coverage of our growing understanding of interspecies animal culture! www.sciencefocus.com/comment/monk...

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If you want a little more time before submitting your 1000 word abstract or paper for the PAMBA Prize, you have it! Submissions for the next PAMBA meeting in Santa Barbara (April 24-26) have been extended another week, until Feb 10. www.the-pamba.com/events

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One week left for submissions! Colin Allen @wileyprof.bsky.social is organizing a great meeting for us in Santa Barbara, including a field trip to observe the nesting piping plovers.

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The second PAMBA meeting will be at UC Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Deadline for abstract and paper submissions is Feb 3. Keynote speakers: Dorit Bar-On Laura Danón Simon Fitzpatrick Mark Rowlands A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students. www.the-pamba.com/events

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The second PAMBA meeting will be at UC Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Deadline for abstract and paper submissions is Feb 3. Keynote speakers: Dorit Bar-On Laura Danón Simon Fitzpatrick Mark Rowlands A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students. www.the-pamba.com/events

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The first PAMBA Prize went to Rhys Borchert and Aliya Dewey @aliyardewey.bsky.social for their paper "In Praise of Animals". Who will win the second PAMBA prize? Submissions accepted until February 3, 2025. www.the-pamba.com/prize.

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We are pleased to invite submissions for the 2025 PAMBA Prize essay contest in the philosophy of animal minds for early-career researchers. The winning paper will be published in Biology & Philosophy and presented as a keynote at the meeting in Santa Barbara. For details: www.the-pamba.com/prize

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PAMBA 2025 Santa Barbara CFP out now! www.the-pamba.com/events-1/pam... #philsky

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PAMBA 2025 in Santa Barbara is inching closer! April 24-26 will be here before you know it, with keynote speakers Dorit Bar-On Laura Danón Simon Fitzpatrick Mark Rowlands Stay tuned for the CFP and exciting news!

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I've written a short piece about 5 of my favourite books: shepherd.com/best-books/c...

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Are bonobos really hippie apes? Are chimps war-mongers? I wrote a short piece for Learning & Behavior, spotlighting exciting new findings that start to build a clearer picture of the differences between the social lives of our two closest relatives! rdcu.be/dUS2H

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This comic is my paper with @richardmoore.bsky.social & Rossano in which we propose that having similar bodies and similar behaviour is actually really rather important and that apes can make use of this similarity in forming mutually understandable gestures onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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This was a labour of love. Co-written with Giulia Palazzolo. Since the field consists of disconnected pockets of intense research, I think this is likely the most complete and systematic overview of the philosophy of animal communication literature to date. plato.stanford.edu/entries/anim...

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I'm over the moon to finally be able to share my paper 'Death-feigning, animal concepts, and the use of empirical case studies in animal cognition' (co-written with @ldanon.bsky.social), out now in @thebjps.bsky.social. Perfect timing, too, as I can now write a thread on it! 🤩🧵👇

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Only two weeks until my book is released! Tertulia is offering discount preorders: 25% off with code ZOOS entered at checkout tertulia.com/book/what-ar...

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A note for my new followers that I own a mailing list (currently 280+ subscribers) where I share a selection of the latest papers in animal cognition and ethics, and where any member can share any relevant paper too. Nothing else, just papers. Join here: groups.google.com/g/animcogeth...

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Rather than asking "Do animals have P?" philosophers have taken to analyzing P dimensionally, then comparing how different species exemplify P. The dimensional approach has been used to ask better questions about animal personhood, consciousness, social norms, inference, and concepts. 🔗👇

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Save The Date-The second meeting of the Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association will be held at the University of Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Stay tuned for info about talks and events—including a tour of Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve to observe plovers!

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Since there's been another influx of people, fleeing from Elon's forum for harassment, hate speech & authoritarianism, it's probably worth sharing my animal studies Starter Pack again. Welcome everyone: go.bsky.app/Tn1bWb3

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Save The Date-The second meeting of the Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association will be held at the University of Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Stay tuned for info about talks and events—including a tour of Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve to observe plovers!

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I would have loved something like this when I was a jr scholar. Bravo to Jonathan Birch and trainees for organizing this opportunity to workshop your paper draft in the philosophy of animal minds!

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The first conference on the ethics of animals and AI was held at Princeton University in October, and the talks are now available. I spoke on the ethics of AI projects aimed at “translating” animal communication systems, such as the Earth Species Project. #philsky #animalsky #AIsky

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Big things happening over at @manydogsproject.bsky.social! Join us for a virtual Town Hall introducing ManyDogs2: Overimitation in Dogs on Wed, Nov 29 - 7a PT / 10a ET / 3p CET Everybody is invited to ask questions and learn how to get involved! Register to attend: bit.ly/3G1tzeY

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Animal groups usually don’t get along, but human groups can. Now it turns out bonobo groups can be friendly too. Does that mean human group cooperation reaches back millions of years? Here’s my story 🧪 Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/16/s...

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My latest for Aeon. 30 years ago we gave up the assumption that language is needed for consciousness, with great results. But consciousness remains puzzling. I suggest we can make real progress into the nature of consciousness by giving up the assumption that it requires a complex brain.

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PAMBA is happy to support the Animal Minds Workshop at the LSE, geared toward mentoring early career scholars in the philosophy of animal minds. What a great initiative!

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Very excited to announce that thanks to @pamba.bsky.social and York University (Toronto), we will be able to offer funding to support at least some of the attendees with the costs of attendance!

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JOB: Philosophy post doc with Will Kymlicka and the Animals in Politics, Philosophy, Law and Ethics Group at Queens University (Kingston Ontario) philjobs.org/job/show/25114

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I created a series of videos for SAPIENS to show you a day in the life of Fongoli chimps and researchers 🐵 Check it out here: www.sapiens.org/biology/sene...

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There is a super exciting postdoctoral opportunity here @ JHU, spearheaded by EJ Green in connection with our 'Foundations of Mind' group. Take a look, and watch this space for more! 👇 philjobs.org/job/show/25213

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Early career researchers in the philosophy of animal minds-check out this workshop at the LSE designed to give participants extensive feedback on works in progress. philevents.org/event/show/1...

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What are we looking for when we ask "Does [species x] have [psychological capacity y]?" Ali Boyle argues for the value of understanding this as a question about natural kinds in her new (open access) paper just out in Nous. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Here is a video interview I have done with my colleague Bligh Somma, on the work we did within the ERC project "Philosophy of Animals in the Islamic World": ipmtoday.com/philosophy-a...

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This conversation between Jonathan Birch and Georgia Mason promises to be fun.

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Follow PAMBA, the home of all things philosophy of animal minds, now on BlueSky! 🦇

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We're enjoying this new (open access) paper by Devin Curry on how animal cognition can help answer metaphysical questions about the nature of belief. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Thanks for the shout out, Susana! And thanks for organizing the Inaugural Meeting at UNED. It was epic! www.the-pamba.com/events-1/ina...

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Hi BlueSky! Happy to be back on social. After an awesome first meeting of philosophers of animal minds in Madrid this year, and first PAMBA Prize, we are planning PAMBA2 for 2025. But first we'll be at Central APA in New Orleans February 2024. Stay tuned! #philosophy #philsky #philsci

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