The fish in the creek is sentient, even if I can’t speak with it

Abstract: In this paper I argue that Velmens’ reflexive model of perceptual consciousness is useful for understanding the first-person perspective and sentience in animals. I then offer a defense of the proposal that ray-finned bony fish have a first-person perspective and sentience. This defense ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michael L. Woodruff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista
Series:Trans/Form/Ação
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31732018000500119&lng=en&tlng=en