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Animal consciousness.

D R Griffin

    Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
    |January 1, 1985
    PubMed
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    Animal minds may possess subjective experiences, challenging previous notions. Analyzing animal communication could offer objective insights into their conscious feelings and thoughts.

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    Area of Science:

    • Ethology
    • Cognitive Science
    • Animal Communication

    Background:

    • The nature of animal consciousness and subjective experience remains a significant debate in cognitive science.
    • Traditional arguments against animal consciousness are often inconclusive.
    • Social animals engage in complex communication, suggesting potential information exchange.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explore the possibility that animal behavior is underpinned by conscious, subjective mental experiences.
    • To investigate whether animal communication systems can provide objective data on subjective states.
    • To re-evaluate the arguments against animal consciousness in light of communication analysis.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of existing arguments concerning animal consciousness.

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  • Analysis of the potential for information exchange in social animal communication.
  • Conceptual framework for accessing objective data on subjective animal experiences.

    • Main Results:

    • Arguments against animal consciousness are not definitive.
    • Interactive communication in social animals may involve sharing information about feelings and thoughts.
    • Objective data on animal subjective experiences may be obtainable through signal analysis.

    Conclusions:

    • Animal subjective experiences are plausible and may be studied.
    • Animal communication offers a potential avenue for objective investigation of animal consciousness.
    • Further research into animal communication signals is warranted to understand subjective states.