Op-ed in Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer - subscribers’ link (next post has unofficial link): www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
Time to reengineer democracy | Opinion
In 1787, the U.S. Constitutional Convention issued a blueprint for representative democracy. Today, we are in a crisis because democracy has failed to scale up to match population growth since.
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Wondering when the next Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association meeting will be? PAMBA 2027 will be at the University of Warwick on April 27-29, 2027. Confirmed keynotes: Steve Butterfill, Marta Halina, Susana Monsó @martahalina.bsky.social @susanamonso.com Stay tuned for CFP!
Now I have to write something :) hfa.ucsb.edu/news/shaping...
Shaping the national conversation: UC Santa Barbara announces third cohort of Public Voices Fellows. | Division of Humanities and Fine Arts
Through a year-long partnership with The OpEd Project, 21 UC Santa Barbara faculty members will translate their academic research into national impact and shape public discourse.
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Here's a link to the longer version of the interview: marcbekoff.com/marcs-essays...
A Deep Dive Into Why Joy is Essential, Who Feels It, and Why
By Colin Allen
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Colin Allen@wileyprof.bsky.social · 6mo agoConversation with Marc Bekoff about our animal joy project: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
Conversation with Marc Bekoff about our animal joy project: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/anim...
A Deep Dive Into Why Joy is Essential, Who Feels It, and Why
Joy—fleeting woo-hoo moments like "catching the perfect wave"—is felt by many diverse animals, and researchers want to know how they express it in various situations and why.
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30 minute podcast showcasing our work on joy in animals w/ Erica Cartmill, Heidi Lyn (@heidilynphd.bsky.social) and me: www.storiesofimpact.org/dr-colin-all...
Dr. Colin Allen, Dr. Erica Cartmill, and Dr. Heidi Lyn: Animal Joy and the Science of Connection
Are animals capable of feeling joy? How do we know? What is joy? Dr. Erica Cartmill wants to find out. She’s the Indiana University professor of cognitive science, …
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Our special issue on Evolutionary Functions of Consciousness, coedited with Tecumseh Fitch and Adina Roskies, now online royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... Contributions by (1) Irina Mikhalevich; (2) Eva Jablonka and Simona Ginsburg; (3) Nicholas Humphrey; (cont'd)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1939
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A suggestion from me and Adina... theopinionpages.com/2025/09/harv...
Harvard should leave the United States | The Opinion Pages
Harvard is preparing for its four-hundredth anniversary in 2036, just as the federal government is trying to eviscerate higher education. Unfortunately, Harvard shows signs of succumbing to the govern...
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In case you’re wondering where this link went, there had to be some re-editing so the new *permanent* link is this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS_g...
Diverse Intelligences: The Search for Joy in Animals
YouTube video by Templeton World Charity Foundation
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Colin Allen@wileyprof.bsky.social · 12mo agoHave you been wondering what we've been doing in our TWCF @templetonworld.bsky.social project on animal joy? This video wonderfully produced by Richard Sergay @storiesofimpact.bsky.social explains all! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkY...
Have you been wondering what we've been doing in our TWCF @templetonworld.bsky.social project on animal joy? This video wonderfully produced by Richard Sergay @storiesofimpact.bsky.social explains all! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TkY...
Diverse Intelligences: The Search for Joy in Animals
YouTube video by Templeton World Charity Foundation
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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
PAMBA Prize — PAMBA
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CfP for February workshop "Prediction and Punishment: Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Carceral AI" that Dasha Pruss (with a tiny amount of help from me) is organizing at the Pitt Center for Philosophy of Science. Please forward widely and consider submitting something. More info in posts below
