Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association
@pamba.bsky.social
The Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association (PAMBA) promotes and supports the work of philosophers and scientists interested in philosophical questions about minds across species.
https://www.the-pamba.com/
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The second PAMBA meeting will be at UC Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Deadline for abstract and paper submissions is Feb 3.
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
The 2026 SSPP conference has a lot of great philosophy of animal minds content! Get your paper submissions in before the Nov 30 deadline and we'll see you there! February 26-28. southernsociety.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The 2026 SSPP conference has a lot of great philosophy of animal minds content! Get your paper submissions in before the Nov 30 deadline and we'll see you there! February 26-28. southernsociety.org
Check out our image gallery from PAMBA Santa Barbara! www.the-pamba.com/events Can you find yourself in these photos? How many species do you count? And thanks to the wonderful @brendadegroot.bsky.social for the School of Santa Barbara illustration which graced the tote bags!
May 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Check out our image gallery from PAMBA Santa Barbara! www.the-pamba.com/events Can you find yourself in these photos? How many species do you count? And thanks to the wonderful @brendadegroot.bsky.social for the School of Santa Barbara illustration which graced the tote bags!
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Seeing an old friend might prompt vivid memories of times you spent together. Do other animals have the same kind of memory - episodic memory? @aliboyle.bsky.social and I introduce philosophical issues around such questions in a new Phil. Compass piece doi.org/10.1111/phc3... 1/9
May 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing an old friend might prompt vivid memories of times you spent together. Do other animals have the same kind of memory - episodic memory? @aliboyle.bsky.social and I introduce philosophical issues around such questions in a new Phil. Compass piece doi.org/10.1111/phc3... 1/9
PAMBA Santa Barbara begins! @simonfitzpatrick.bsky.social examines how and why animal culture matters
April 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
PAMBA Santa Barbara begins! @simonfitzpatrick.bsky.social examines how and why animal culture matters
We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2025 PAMBA Prize, Giulia Palazzolo @giuliapalazzolo.bsky.social for her paper
Toward a bounded hierarchy framework for the study of the evolution of human syntax
www.the-pamba.com/prize
Congratulations Giulia!
Toward a bounded hierarchy framework for the study of the evolution of human syntax
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Congratulations Giulia!
April 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2025 PAMBA Prize, Giulia Palazzolo @giuliapalazzolo.bsky.social for her paper
Toward a bounded hierarchy framework for the study of the evolution of human syntax
www.the-pamba.com/prize
Congratulations Giulia!
Toward a bounded hierarchy framework for the study of the evolution of human syntax
www.the-pamba.com/prize
Congratulations Giulia!
Susana Monsó talks about animal concept of death on the Big Brains podcast. www.youtube.com/shorts/baVga...
Philosopher Susana Monsó examines whether animals understand death. #podcast #interview
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April 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Susana Monsó talks about animal concept of death on the Big Brains podcast. www.youtube.com/shorts/baVga...
PAMBA Santa Barbara schedule now available!
www.the-pamba.com/events
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Conferences & other meetings — PAMBA
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April 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
PAMBA Santa Barbara schedule now available!
www.the-pamba.com/events
www.the-pamba.com/events
Listen to philosopher @JacobBeck talk about his academic journey and his take on animal minds in an interview with Jay Richardson for the podcast @Cognitations.
open.spotify.com/episode/3dnc...?
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EP #12 | Understanding Animal Minds | Jacob Beck
Cognitations · Episode
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February 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Listen to philosopher @JacobBeck talk about his academic journey and his take on animal minds in an interview with Jay Richardson for the podcast @Cognitations.
open.spotify.com/episode/3dnc...?
open.spotify.com/episode/3dnc...?
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Great to see this coverage of our growing understanding of interspecies animal culture! www.sciencefocus.com/comment/monk...
This deer-riding monkey could rewrite the story of evolution. Here’s why
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February 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Great to see this coverage of our growing understanding of interspecies animal culture! www.sciencefocus.com/comment/monk...
If you want a little more time before submitting your 1000 word abstract or paper for the PAMBA Prize, you have it! Submissions for the next PAMBA meeting in Santa Barbara (April 24-26) have been extended another week, until Feb 10. www.the-pamba.com/events
February 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you want a little more time before submitting your 1000 word abstract or paper for the PAMBA Prize, you have it! Submissions for the next PAMBA meeting in Santa Barbara (April 24-26) have been extended another week, until Feb 10. www.the-pamba.com/events
One week left for submissions! Colin Allen @wileyprof.bsky.social is organizing a great meeting for us in Santa Barbara, including a field trip to observe the nesting piping plovers.
The second PAMBA meeting will be at UC Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Deadline for abstract and paper submissions is Feb 3.
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
January 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
One week left for submissions! Colin Allen @wileyprof.bsky.social is organizing a great meeting for us in Santa Barbara, including a field trip to observe the nesting piping plovers.
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The second PAMBA meeting will be at UC Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Deadline for abstract and paper submissions is Feb 3.
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
December 20, 2024 at 6:06 PM
The second PAMBA meeting will be at UC Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Deadline for abstract and paper submissions is Feb 3.
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
The second PAMBA meeting will be at UC Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Deadline for abstract and paper submissions is Feb 3.
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
December 20, 2024 at 6:06 PM
The second PAMBA meeting will be at UC Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025. Deadline for abstract and paper submissions is Feb 3.
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
Keynote speakers:
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
A small number of travel bursaries will be available for students.
www.the-pamba.com/events
The first PAMBA Prize went to Rhys Borchert and Aliya Dewey @aliyardewey.bsky.social for their paper "In Praise of Animals". Who will win the second PAMBA prize? Submissions accepted until February 3, 2025.
www.the-pamba.com/prize.
www.the-pamba.com/prize.
December 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM
The first PAMBA Prize went to Rhys Borchert and Aliya Dewey @aliyardewey.bsky.social for their paper "In Praise of Animals". Who will win the second PAMBA prize? Submissions accepted until February 3, 2025.
www.the-pamba.com/prize.
www.the-pamba.com/prize.
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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December 9, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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 2025 Santa Barbara CFP out now! www.the-pamba.com/events-1/pam... #philsky
PAMBA 2025 — PAMBA
The second meeting of the Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association will be held at the University of Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025, hosted by Colin Allen. We are planning an exciting three...
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December 8, 2024 at 5:37 AM
PAMBA 2025 Santa Barbara CFP out now! www.the-pamba.com/events-1/pam... #philsky
PAMBA 2025 in Santa Barbara is inching closer!
April 24-26 will be here before you know it, with keynote speakers
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
Stay tuned for the CFP and exciting news!
April 24-26 will be here before you know it, with keynote speakers
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
Stay tuned for the CFP and exciting news!
December 4, 2024 at 12:58 AM
PAMBA 2025 in Santa Barbara is inching closer!
April 24-26 will be here before you know it, with keynote speakers
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
Stay tuned for the CFP and exciting news!
April 24-26 will be here before you know it, with keynote speakers
Dorit Bar-On
Laura Danón
Simon Fitzpatrick
Mark Rowlands
Stay tuned for the CFP and exciting news!
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I've written a short piece about 5 of my favourite books: shepherd.com/best-books/c...
November 13, 2024 at 6:36 PM
I've written a short piece about 5 of my favourite books: shepherd.com/best-books/c...
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Are bonobos really hippie apes? Are chimps war-mongers?
I wrote a short piece for Learning & Behavior, spotlighting exciting new findings that start to build a clearer picture of the differences between the social lives of our two closest relatives!
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I wrote a short piece for Learning & Behavior, spotlighting exciting new findings that start to build a clearer picture of the differences between the social lives of our two closest relatives!
rdcu.be/dUS2H
September 26, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Are bonobos really hippie apes? Are chimps war-mongers?
I wrote a short piece for Learning & Behavior, spotlighting exciting new findings that start to build a clearer picture of the differences between the social lives of our two closest relatives!
rdcu.be/dUS2H
I wrote a short piece for Learning & Behavior, spotlighting exciting new findings that start to build a clearer picture of the differences between the social lives of our two closest relatives!
rdcu.be/dUS2H
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This was a labour of love. Co-written with Giulia Palazzolo. Since the field consists of disconnected pockets of intense research, I think this is likely the most complete and systematic overview of the philosophy of animal communication literature to date.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/anim...
plato.stanford.edu/entries/anim...
Animal Communication (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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October 23, 2024 at 4:25 PM
This was a labour of love. Co-written with Giulia Palazzolo. Since the field consists of disconnected pockets of intense research, I think this is likely the most complete and systematic overview of the philosophy of animal communication literature to date.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/anim...
plato.stanford.edu/entries/anim...
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I'm over the moon to finally be able to share my paper 'Death-feigning, animal concepts, and the use of empirical case studies in animal cognition' (co-written with @ldanon.bsky.social), out now in @thebjps.bsky.social. Perfect timing, too, as I can now write a thread on it! 🤩🧵👇
Death-feigning, animal concepts, and the use of empirical case studies in animal cognition | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science: Vol 0, No ja
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November 11, 2024 at 10:17 AM
I'm over the moon to finally be able to share my paper 'Death-feigning, animal concepts, and the use of empirical case studies in animal cognition' (co-written with @ldanon.bsky.social), out now in @thebjps.bsky.social. Perfect timing, too, as I can now write a thread on it! 🤩🧵👇
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Only two weeks until my book is released! Tertulia is offering discount preorders: 25% off with code ZOOS entered at checkout
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What Are Zoos For?, by Heather Browning
Are zoos an anachronism in the 21st century when we can watch animals in their natural habitat, close-up from our couches without worrying about cruelty? Should they go the way of other bygone era 'sp...
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November 12, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Only two weeks until my book is released! Tertulia is offering discount preorders: 25% off with code ZOOS entered at checkout
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A note for my new followers that I own a mailing list (currently 280+ subscribers) where I share a selection of the latest papers in animal cognition and ethics, and where any member can share any relevant paper too. Nothing else, just papers. Join here: groups.google.com/g/animcogeth...
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November 13, 2024 at 1:37 PM
A note for my new followers that I own a mailing list (currently 280+ subscribers) where I share a selection of the latest papers in animal cognition and ethics, and where any member can share any relevant paper too. Nothing else, just papers. Join here: groups.google.com/g/animcogeth...