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Dr. Walter Veit
@walterveit.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading |
Most of my recent writing is on animal consciousness and welfare

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Jun 3
The philosophy student society awarded me a prize for the most popular philosopher in the department 😊

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 14h
Agreed. Perhaps elephants have greater continuity across time.

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 14h
The article also includes a brief exchange between @philipgoff.bsky.social and Dan Dennett on panpsychism

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 15h
I offer a consciousness profile comparing human and elephant consciousness

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 15h
And here is another 15k word paper just published!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 15h
Published a new 15k article. Perhaps I’ll summarize it for Substack at some point, but it’s open access so anyone can read it if they’re interested in the nature of consciousness.

doi.org/10.1177/1059...

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 2d
Christmas blog post on shrimp
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Shrimp on the Barbie: Australian Christmas Edition (WARNING: Graphic content)
This December, I returned to Australia to spend Christmas with my wife's family.
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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 9d
Happy to announce that I was awarded funding to write a book on What Is It Like to Be a Shrimp? I'll miss teaching but I'm excited for the book to hopefully change how society thinks about them. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNbI...
Charity for Shrimps? Ronny Chieng Explores the Limits of Effective Altruism | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 9d
Happy to announce that I will be Co-Investigator on a science meets philosophy project with the goal of measuring purpose in biology. We were awarded $1,166,939 by the John Templeton Foundation!
www.templeton.org/grant/develo...
Developing measures of purpose - platelets, calcium signaling, and model predictive control
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Research at Reading @uor-research.bsky.social · 9d
Ever wonder what it’s like to be inside the mischievous mind of a crafty corvid like a raven or a crow? Philosophers Drs Dr Heather Browning (Veit) and Dr. Walter Veit have pondered this question of consciousness too. Get inside their mind in this piece for The Conversation UK

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What’s it like being a raven or a crow? - Connecting Research
Many of us as children may have wondered what's going on inside the mind of an animal – what are they thinking and feeling?
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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 27d
Help shrimp now! :)
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FarmKind is Matching 50% of all Donations to Improve Shrimp Welfare
Even $1 can improve the lives of 2,250 shrimp
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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · 27d
Love the cute message you get by donating to FarmKind

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Nov 27
Consider helping shrimp!
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FarmKind is Matching 50% of all Donations to Improve Shrimp Welfare
Even $1 can improve the lives of 2,250 shrimp
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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Nov 15
The translation rights for our book into Chinese have been sold!

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Nov 14
Gave a talk yesterday to Reading's new effective altruism group.

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Oct 22
In Osaka meeting the first fish to have been shown to possess self-awareness in mirror experiments!

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Oct 8
Next week's lecture :)

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Oct 5
The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)

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Jane Goodall Institute of Canada @janegoodallcan.bsky.social · Oct 1
The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.

She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · Oct 1
The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...

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The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social · Sep 24
New Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—free to download until October 6! Walter Veit examines the role of models in evolutionary biology: their types, testability, and interrelations 👇📕 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #HPBio #evobio
Book cover of “Modelling Evolution” by Walter Veit, in the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Biology series. Against a black background, the title is surrounded by Ernst Haeckel’s illustrations of marine organisms—radial, symmetrical forms in vivid blues, oranges, reds, and greens.

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Sep 22
My new book 'Modelling Evolution' is now published! Please share. Available for free download for 2 weeks with this link: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Modelling Evolution
Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Modelling Evolution
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Dr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · Sep 11
Last week @walterveit.bsky.social and I found a little wood pigeon nestling who'd come out of his nest. We were able to care for him at home for a couple of days and he's now safely with a wildlife rescue for his rehabilitation and eventual release 🐦❤️

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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Sep 5
Followed in the footsteps of Ancient philosophers and completed a 7 day water only fast (178 hours).

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Pepper Qi @pepperqi.bsky.social · Aug 29
#Science #Philsky
#Animalrights #sentience
Longtermism: Present Action for the Distant Future
Read Walt and Heather on Open Access Now.

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Dr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · Aug 29
New book chapter out with @walterveit.bsky.social, arguing that animals should still be important even from a longtermist perspective
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Longtermism and Animals
Abstract. Work on longtermism has so far primarily focused on the existence and wellbeing of future humans, without corresponding consideration of animal w
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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Aug 28
Now published open access!!

Browning, Heather, and Walter Veit, 'Longtermism and Animals', in Hilary Greaves, Jacob Barrett, and David Thorstad (eds), Essays on Longtermism: Present Action for the Distant Future doi.org/10.1093/9780...
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Dr. Walter Veit @walterveit.bsky.social · Aug 13
Small announcement: my third book "Modelling Evolution" has been accepted for publication with CUP. 😊

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Pepper Qi @pepperqi.bsky.social · Aug 7
If you're an animal lover and haven't bought @zoophilosophy.bsky.social & @walterveit.bsky.social book yet, you need to. Their book “What are Zoos For?” is filled with info that can help you debate, discuss and inform others more confidently.
#philsky #animalrights #science

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Dr Heather Browning (Veit) @zoophilosophy.bsky.social · Aug 6
New podcast out! @walterveit.bsky.social and I talk with Kyle Johannsen about our book 'What Are Zoos For?'
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Heather Browning and Walter Veit, "What Are Zoos For?" (Policy Press, 2024) - New Books Network
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