Creation, bugs, and emergence by William Hasker

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The horizons come: In defense of kinetic literary experiences by Ligia G. Diniz

“…With that in mind, I propose that poetic elucubrations based on animal consciousness could be a starting point in the configuration of a hybrid conscious state, in a somatic and kinetic imaginary, which then might broaden both the notion and the horizons of literary representation.…”
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The Point of View of the Animal: An Ontology and Ethics of Alterity in Emma Geen’s The Many Selves of Katherine North by João Vicente Faustino

“…This article discusses how Emma Geen’s The Many Selves of Katherine North (2016), a contemporary work of science fiction, represents the construction of human and animal consciousness and selfhood, and the ways in which it adapts and subverts phenomenological principles (Levinas) in order to create the conditions for an ethics of alterity which includes the animal. …”
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La filosofía ambiental y su influencia en la ciudad by Claudio Rafael Vásquez Martínez

“…This current article aims at showing the wrong and distorted relationship of the person with nature, based mainly on the power and the exploitation, not with the interest of understanding what really nature is, what type of communication may take place among people and the rest of nature, the intrinsic value of nature and the animal consciousness. The prevailing idea is the conception created by the natural sciences, technology, the industrial society and the economy, according to which nature is just a reserve of the raw material the person can benefit from. …”
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Anthropocentrism and Two Phenomenological Approaches to Animal Life by Mintautas Gutauskas

“…Corporeality is considered as the most general layer; the accessibility of animal consciousness, the approach to their experience, the possibilities and limits of it are analyzed. …”
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Welfare Biology as an Extension of Biology. Interview with Yew-Kwang Ng by Max Carpendale

“…In 1995 he published a very influential paper Towards Welfare Biology: Evolutionary Economics of Animal Consciousness and Suffering, which launched concern for the situation of animals in the wild and proposed the creation of a new discipline “welfare biology”.…”
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Computational animal welfare: towards cognitive architecture models of animal sentience, emotion and wellbeing by Sergey Budaev, Tore S. Kristiansen, Jarl Giske, Sigrunn Eliassen

“…Yet, even though there is significant progress in elucidating the neurobiology of human consciousness, animal consciousness is still a mystery. We propose that computational animal welfare science emerges at the intersection of animal behaviour, welfare and computational cognition. …”
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A general theory of consciousness I: Consciousness and adaptation by Abraham Peper

“…While the basis of this paper is that consciousness is as much present in animals as it is in humans, the human form is shown to be fundamentally different. Animal consciousness expresses itself in sensory images, while human consciousness is largely verbal. …”
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A abstinência voluntária do consumo de carne pode ser compreendida como um princípio ético? by Marta Luciane Fischer, Andressa Luiza Cordeiro, Rafael Falvo Librelato

“…Although the diet is based on numerous biopsychosocial factors, the access to information, especially regarding scientific knowledge about animal consciousness, added to the consolidation of bioethics, contributes to the strengthening of a critical awareness about the treatment of animals, and potentially constitutes a stimulus for the decision to abstain from meat consumption. …”
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Human and Non-Human Consciousness: Do They Share Common Characteristics? by Evangelos Koumparoudi

“…It mainly addresses animal consciousness and, to a certain extent, intelligent AI. …”
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How to operationalise consciousness by Glenn Carruthers, Sidney Carls‐diamante, Linus Huang, Melanie Rosen, Elizabeth Schier

“…We also reviewed more problematic cases of dreams and animal consciousness, specifically that of octopuses. Results Despite controversies, work in visual and self‐consciousness is highly developed and there are notable successes. …”
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Current Strategies in Assessment of Nanotoxicity: Alternatives to In Vivo Animal Testing by Hung-Jin Huang, Yu-Hsuan Lee, Yung-Ho Hsu, Chia-Te Liao, Yuh-Feng Lin, Hui-Wen Chiu

“…Millions of experimental animals are widely used in the assessment of toxicological or biological effects of manufactured nanomaterials in medical technology. However, the animal consciousness has increased and become an issue for debate in recent years. …”
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Consciousness in humans and non-human animals: Recent advances and future directions. by Melanie eBoly, Melanie eBoly, Melanie eBoly, Anil K Seth, Anil K Seth, Melanie eWilke, Melanie eWilke, Paul eIngmundson, Bernard eBaars, Steven eLaureys, David eEdelman, Naotsugu eTsuchiya, Naotsugu eTsuchiya

“…In addition, we describe the development of mental imagery paradigms, which made it possible to identify covert awareness in non-responsive subjects. Non-human animal consciousness research has also witnessed substantial advances on the specific role of cortical areas and higher order thalamus for consciousness, thanks to important technological advances. …”
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« Comment peut-on être cochon ? » : darwinisme et conscience chez Darrieussecq by Kemp, S

“…This article examines how Darrieussecq’s exploration of animal consciousness and its relation to the human not only serves as a metaphor for intersubjectivity and the unknowable mind of the other, but also offers a meditation on the nature of humanity and of its place within an evolutionary spectrum of differently adapted minds.…”

The Vitality of Humanimality: From the Perspective of Life Phenomenology by Stephen Smith

“…In doing so, I aim to show the important insights that life phenomenology offers us in fostering not only greater appreciation of, responsivenss to and connection with other animals, but also in indicating the qualitative dynamics of relating with greater animate consciousness to one anotherof our own animal kind.…”
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Bioethics : an introduction / by Talbot, Marianne.

Emotional awareness for fun digital communication by Yeyentimalla Yeyentimalla

“…It's important to be able to do emotional animation consciously. Emotional animation is an attempt to bring to life positively valued emotions such as pleasure, relief, compassion, empathy, gratitude, etc., and controlling negatively valued emotions such as anger, sadness, hate, disgust, etc.  …”
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<i>Margaritaria nobilis</i> L.f. (Phyllanthaceae) Ethanolic Extract: Low Acute Oral Toxicity and Antinociceptive Activity by Fabiana Menezes S. Camara, Brenda Costa da Conceição, Eloise Karoline S. Cardoso, Johan Carlos C. Santiago, Carlos Alberto B. Albuquerque, Washington L. Pereira, Marta C. Monteiro, Consuelo Y. Yoshioka e Silva, Milton Nascimento da Silva, Cristiane F. Maia, Eneas A. Fontes-Junior

“…An open field (OF) test is performed to verify possible interferences in the animals’ consciousness or locomotion. LC-MS analysis shows the presence of 44 compounds classified as phenolic acid derivatives, flavonoids and O-glycosylated derivatives, and hydrolyzable tannins. …”
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HALİDE EDİB ADIVAR’IN DÜNYASINDAN HAYVANLAR by Özlem KUTKAN

“…ABSTRACT: The aim of this research is to contribute to the literature on Halide Edib Adıvar with her observations an ideas on the author's love of animals, consciousness, interest in their living conditions and priority in this context. …”
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The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human–Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare by David J. Mellor, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Katherine E. Littlewood, Andrew N. McLean, Paul D. McGreevy, Bidda Jones, Cristina Wilkins

“…In contrast, Domain 4, now named Behavioural Interactions, focusses on evidence of animals consciously seeking specific goals when interacting behaviourally with (1) the environment, (2) other non-human animals and (3) as a new feature of the Model outlined here, humans. …”
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