Scholarlink

<p>It is my pleasure to respond to three thoughtful commentaries on <i>A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness</i> in this issue (Veit <CitationRef CitationID="CR50">2023a</CitationRef>). The commentaries by Pober (<CitationRef CitationID="CR36">2025</CitationRef>), as well as Barrett and Fischer (<CitationRef CitationID="CR11">2025</CitationRef>), both focus on the relationship between valence, common currencies of value, and consciousness, and so I will largely respond to their arguments together. Afterwards, I will respond to the commentary by Kohda (<CitationRef CitationID="CR23">2025</CitationRef>) which raises distinct concerns about my gradualist approach to consciousness and proposes an alternative thesis for understanding the evolution of self-awareness, drawing on his experimental work on mirror self-recognition in fish.</p>

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Valence, Mirror Self-Recognition, and the Gradualist Evolution of Consciousness

  • 期刊论文

  • 出版模式：

    开放获取

  • 发表日期：

    2026年4月28日

查看全文
  • Walter Veit

摘要

It is my pleasure to respond to three thoughtful commentaries on A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness in this issue (Veit 2023a). The commentaries by Pober (2025), as well as Barrett and Fischer (2025), both focus on the relationship between valence, common currencies of value, and consciousness, and so I will largely respond to their arguments together. Afterwards, I will respond to the commentary by Kohda (2025) which raises distinct concerns about my gradualist approach to consciousness and proposes an alternative thesis for understanding the evolution of self-awareness, drawing on his experimental work on mirror self-recognition in fish.