berthamccroy
@dynestee.bsky.social
composition and rhetoric scholar. animal advocate. perpetual learner.
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My book on animals' concept of death will be published in English in 2024 with Princeton Univ. Press! The title will be 'Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death.'
I translated it myself and added more gothic animal facts and silly jokes.
We don't have a cover yet, so here's the Russian one.
I translated it myself and added more gothic animal facts and silly jokes.
We don't have a cover yet, so here's the Russian one.
November 1, 2023 at 2:20 PM
My book on animals' concept of death will be published in English in 2024 with Princeton Univ. Press! The title will be 'Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death.'
I translated it myself and added more gothic animal facts and silly jokes.
We don't have a cover yet, so here's the Russian one.
I translated it myself and added more gothic animal facts and silly jokes.
We don't have a cover yet, so here's the Russian one.
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Joining at the recommendation of @robaitken.bsky.social.
1) Animals and the ethics of war. Animal soldiers, collateral damage, militarized conservation, etc.
2) Animals as a 'forgotten thread' in the history of western political thought. Plato, Rousseau, Mill, etc.
Interested? Let's connect!
1) Animals and the ethics of war. Animal soldiers, collateral damage, militarized conservation, etc.
2) Animals as a 'forgotten thread' in the history of western political thought. Plato, Rousseau, Mill, etc.
Interested? Let's connect!
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.
Here's mine:
- Whether we can have statehood without inhabitable land.
- The legal-philosophical symbolism in Wagner's Ring.
October 16, 2023 at 3:48 PM
Joining at the recommendation of @robaitken.bsky.social.
1) Animals and the ethics of war. Animal soldiers, collateral damage, militarized conservation, etc.
2) Animals as a 'forgotten thread' in the history of western political thought. Plato, Rousseau, Mill, etc.
Interested? Let's connect!
1) Animals and the ethics of war. Animal soldiers, collateral damage, militarized conservation, etc.
2) Animals as a 'forgotten thread' in the history of western political thought. Plato, Rousseau, Mill, etc.
Interested? Let's connect!
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Happy World Lemur Day!
Which lemur is your favorite lemur? Bonus points if you post a photo!
I have an affinity for the red-ruffed lemur and the aye-aye.
#Primates
Which lemur is your favorite lemur? Bonus points if you post a photo!
I have an affinity for the red-ruffed lemur and the aye-aye.
#Primates
October 27, 2023 at 4:35 PM
Happy World Lemur Day!
Which lemur is your favorite lemur? Bonus points if you post a photo!
I have an affinity for the red-ruffed lemur and the aye-aye.
#Primates
Which lemur is your favorite lemur? Bonus points if you post a photo!
I have an affinity for the red-ruffed lemur and the aye-aye.
#Primates
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Here is a video interview I have done with my colleague Bligh Somma, on the work we did within the ERC project "Philosophy of Animals in the Islamic World":
ipmtoday.com/philosophy-a...
ipmtoday.com/philosophy-a...
October 23, 2023 at 8:56 AM
Here is a video interview I have done with my colleague Bligh Somma, on the work we did within the ERC project "Philosophy of Animals in the Islamic World":
ipmtoday.com/philosophy-a...
ipmtoday.com/philosophy-a...
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We're enjoying this new (open access) paper by Devin Curry on how animal cognition can help answer metaphysical questions about the nature of belief. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 23, 2023 at 4:57 PM
We're enjoying this new (open access) paper by Devin Curry on how animal cognition can help answer metaphysical questions about the nature of belief. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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What are we looking for when we ask "Does [species x] have [psychological capacity y]?" Ali Boyle argues for the value of understanding this as a question about natural kinds in her new (open access) paper just out in Nous. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 23, 2023 at 5:17 PM
What are we looking for when we ask "Does [species x] have [psychological capacity y]?" Ali Boyle argues for the value of understanding this as a question about natural kinds in her new (open access) paper just out in Nous. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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This conversation between Jonathan Birch and Georgia Mason promises to be fun.
October 23, 2023 at 1:20 PM
This conversation between Jonathan Birch and Georgia Mason promises to be fun.
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This is as good a day as any to remind y’all that I run a mailing list where I (and occasionally other kind souls) share the latest papers on animal cognition and animal ethics. Nothing else, just papers. Feel free to join us!
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October 2, 2023 at 7:56 AM
This is as good a day as any to remind y’all that I run a mailing list where I (and occasionally other kind souls) share the latest papers on animal cognition and animal ethics. Nothing else, just papers. Feel free to join us!
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Very happy to share this paper that I co-authored with Giacomo Melis and which just came out after six years in the making!
In it we distinguish various senses of the term 'rationality' and argue that, even by the strictest standards, other animals can be rational.
academic.oup.com/pq/advance-a...
In it we distinguish various senses of the term 'rationality' and argue that, even by the strictest standards, other animals can be rational.
academic.oup.com/pq/advance-a...
September 22, 2023 at 2:14 PM
Very happy to share this paper that I co-authored with Giacomo Melis and which just came out after six years in the making!
In it we distinguish various senses of the term 'rationality' and argue that, even by the strictest standards, other animals can be rational.
academic.oup.com/pq/advance-a...
In it we distinguish various senses of the term 'rationality' and argue that, even by the strictest standards, other animals can be rational.
academic.oup.com/pq/advance-a...
I've never seen a documentary that includes the beginnings of life on the planet! I'm really looking forward to this! youtu.be/xy1v0pzMP4g?...
Life on Our Planet | Official Trailer | Netflix
Who will rise? Who will fall? Who will rule the world? From executive producer Steven Spielberg and the Emmy® Award-winning team behind Our Planet, this is t...
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September 25, 2023 at 5:21 PM
I've never seen a documentary that includes the beginnings of life on the planet! I'm really looking forward to this! youtu.be/xy1v0pzMP4g?...
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Full-on disgust for these experiments. 🧪https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-neuralink-monkey-deaths-b2409204.html
Elon Musk says monkeys implanted with Neuralink brain chips were ‘close to death’
Tech billionaire says he chooses monkeys ‘close to death’ for brain chip trials
www.independent.co.uk
September 13, 2023 at 4:23 PM
Full-on disgust for these experiments. 🧪https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-neuralink-monkey-deaths-b2409204.html