Jes Lynning Harfeld
@harfeld.bsky.social
Associate professor of applied philosophy - animal and environmental philosophy #Aalborg University
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My paper ‘Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... has just been published at @the-joap.bsky.social In it, I argue for fostering a sense of wonder at individual nonhuman animals, & for making this the basis of a reverence-based respect.
Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder
Despite being strong, arguments for animal rights often fail to motivate. One reason for this is that rights are associated with concepts, such as respect, that are difficult to apply to nonhuman ani...
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August 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
My paper ‘Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... has just been published at @the-joap.bsky.social In it, I argue for fostering a sense of wonder at individual nonhuman animals, & for making this the basis of a reverence-based respect.
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The GOAT @goatswhostare.bsky.social sharing some inspiring and fascinating insights on how to more cleverly understand the clever inner lives of livestock in opening this morning’s @applied-ethology.bsky.social #ISAE2025 session
August 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The GOAT @goatswhostare.bsky.social sharing some inspiring and fascinating insights on how to more cleverly understand the clever inner lives of livestock in opening this morning’s @applied-ethology.bsky.social #ISAE2025 session
I've been interviewed about public philosophy by Mara-Daria Cojocaru for the 'Philosophy Going Wild!'-project
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“How could this be real philosophy?”
Interview with Jes Lynning Harfeld
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August 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I've been interviewed about public philosophy by Mara-Daria Cojocaru for the 'Philosophy Going Wild!'-project
open.substack.com/pub/thedryno...
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Always fun to be a bit out of my depth academically. This time talking about hunting in the nexus between philosophy and Danish literature at 'Nordspråk' summer course in front of Nordic language teachers.
Tak til @lottepraetorius.bsky.social for invitation og foto.
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Tak til @lottepraetorius.bsky.social for invitation og foto.
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August 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Always fun to be a bit out of my depth academically. This time talking about hunting in the nexus between philosophy and Danish literature at 'Nordspråk' summer course in front of Nordic language teachers.
Tak til @lottepraetorius.bsky.social for invitation og foto.
nordspraak.com/2024/12/19/s...
Tak til @lottepraetorius.bsky.social for invitation og foto.
nordspraak.com/2024/12/19/s...
I samarbejde med Folkeuniversitetet i Aalborg afholder jeg 2x #Filosofaen her i efteråret. Det er godt, skønt og fyldt med mulige sandheder at være med til filosofiske samtaler. Så kig forbi Café Ordgeist til oktober.
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Her er det nye program 🥳 | Folkeuniversitetet i Aalborg
Her er det nye program 🥳
I slutningen af juli lander det i postkasserne, men du behøver ikke vente så længe, for allerede nu kan du kigge i den online version her: http://bit.ly/4nlxAPU
Til efterår...
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June 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I samarbejde med Folkeuniversitetet i Aalborg afholder jeg 2x #Filosofaen her i efteråret. Det er godt, skønt og fyldt med mulige sandheder at være med til filosofiske samtaler. Så kig forbi Café Ordgeist til oktober.
www.linkedin.com/posts/folkeu...
www.linkedin.com/posts/folkeu...
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There's a common pattern where the early works in a new format are stunning, then it slows down, and people say "oh they got the low hanging fruit" - but I think that's a bad metaphor. It's more that magic happens when people are free to innovate format and content at the same time...
June 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
There's a common pattern where the early works in a new format are stunning, then it slows down, and people say "oh they got the low hanging fruit" - but I think that's a bad metaphor. It's more that magic happens when people are free to innovate format and content at the same time...
Sabrina Brando and I wrote an article 10 y ago about the lack of animal welfare friendly food in zoos. Recently, I was at Aalborg Zoo and was a bit disheartened by the lack of progress there. So, I wrote an opinion piece for the local paper (sorry, in Danish).
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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June 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Sabrina Brando and I wrote an article 10 y ago about the lack of animal welfare friendly food in zoos. Recently, I was at Aalborg Zoo and was a bit disheartened by the lack of progress there. So, I wrote an opinion piece for the local paper (sorry, in Danish).
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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This is the most perfect description of Jordan Peterson I‘ve ever read.
He is, essentially, Alan Partridge cosplaying as Martin Heidegger.
May 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This is the most perfect description of Jordan Peterson I‘ve ever read.
Pop by Aarhus University on Saturday the 14th of June for our seminar on human-animal studies. Hear examples of what it (might) be, and where it (might) be heading :-)
#animalphilosophy #andmuchmore
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#animalphilosophy #andmuchmore
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Human-Animal Studies – Now and in the Future | LinkedIn
Minding Animals Danmark er nu klar med vores første event, som forhåbentlig bliver startskuddet til mange flere.
Vi har inviteret en række spændende talere, som vil fortælle om deres forskning i forh...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Pop by Aarhus University on Saturday the 14th of June for our seminar on human-animal studies. Hear examples of what it (might) be, and where it (might) be heading :-)
#animalphilosophy #andmuchmore
www.linkedin.com/events/human...
#animalphilosophy #andmuchmore
www.linkedin.com/events/human...
Congrats to Thomas Kainberger - and thanks for letting me collaborate on this little project. Great working on moral epistemology in animal philosophy again and learning from the young-and-upcoming :-)
(in collaboration w. Herwig Grimm)
#animalethics #murdoch #shame
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
(in collaboration w. Herwig Grimm)
#animalethics #murdoch #shame
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Attending with Shame to the Animal Crisis: On the Contributions of Murdoch and Deleuze to a Politics of Sight - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
In Animal Crisis: A New Critical Theory (2022), Alice Crary and Lori Gruen diagnose a crisis in human–animal relations, emphasizing its political nature and critiquing the limited scope of orthodox an...
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April 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Congrats to Thomas Kainberger - and thanks for letting me collaborate on this little project. Great working on moral epistemology in animal philosophy again and learning from the young-and-upcoming :-)
(in collaboration w. Herwig Grimm)
#animalethics #murdoch #shame
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
(in collaboration w. Herwig Grimm)
#animalethics #murdoch #shame
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Every year the same duck uses our little pond area in the atrium at @aau.dk as a nesting ground. And every year she's stuck there with her little bunch of ducklings. The kind people from AAU Facility Service must then gently guide them through the building and out on the other side.
#mixedcommunity
#mixedcommunity
April 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Every year the same duck uses our little pond area in the atrium at @aau.dk as a nesting ground. And every year she's stuck there with her little bunch of ducklings. The kind people from AAU Facility Service must then gently guide them through the building and out on the other side.
#mixedcommunity
#mixedcommunity
Great department and great people. 5* Would recommand :-) anivet.au.dk/om-institutt...
Postdoctoral researcher position at the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Aarhus University - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet
Ledig stilling ved Institut for Husdyr- og Veterinærvidenskab - ANIVET Management og Modellering (MAMO), Aarhus Universitet
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April 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Great department and great people. 5* Would recommand :-) anivet.au.dk/om-institutt...
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US researchers, help me out:
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
March 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
US researchers, help me out:
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
More and more of my European colleagues are in the proces of cancelling visits to your institutions. For reasons of both politics and safety.
What is your sense?
How do Europe best support you?
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The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) will open a new research centre to study animal sentience in autumn 2025! The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience will be lead by #LSEPhilosophy Professor Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/b...
www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/b...
New centre to study animal sentience opens at LSE
LSE is launching its new research centre in autumn 2025. The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience is made possible by the Jeremy Coller Foundation. LSE Philosophy Professor Jonathan Birch will…
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March 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) will open a new research centre to study animal sentience in autumn 2025! The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience will be lead by #LSEPhilosophy Professor Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/b...
www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/b...
There are few greater joys in teaching than old students returning and presenting their research to our current students here at Applied Philosophy, Aalborg University @aau.dk. Thanks to Mads Hansen, postdoc. at @bristoluni.bsky.social, for introducing us to the contemporary debate on teleology.
March 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There are few greater joys in teaching than old students returning and presenting their research to our current students here at Applied Philosophy, Aalborg University @aau.dk. Thanks to Mads Hansen, postdoc. at @bristoluni.bsky.social, for introducing us to the contemporary debate on teleology.
På mandag gæster filosof og kropsligt væsen, Jacob Aremark, Filosofaen til en samtale om filosofiens forhold til kroppen og kroppens forhold til filosofien. Det er noget med en hammer - men uden Nietzsche. Og der er tapas og vin. Vi ses!
#kropsfilosofi #anvendtfilosofi
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#kropsfilosofi #anvendtfilosofi
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Filosofaen: kroppen i filosofien - filosofien i kroppen
Filosofaen er et ”Talk Show”, hvor en lektor i filosofi taler i
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March 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
På mandag gæster filosof og kropsligt væsen, Jacob Aremark, Filosofaen til en samtale om filosofiens forhold til kroppen og kroppens forhold til filosofien. Det er noget med en hammer - men uden Nietzsche. Og der er tapas og vin. Vi ses!
#kropsfilosofi #anvendtfilosofi
fuaalborg.dk/aalborg/prog...
#kropsfilosofi #anvendtfilosofi
fuaalborg.dk/aalborg/prog...
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The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is thrilled to be hosting an online panel with Heather Browning and Oscar Horta on March 19 at 12pm ET! This event will settle once and for all the question whether wild animal welfare is net positive or negative. RSVP below :)
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March 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is thrilled to be hosting an online panel with Heather Browning and Oscar Horta on March 19 at 12pm ET! This event will settle once and for all the question whether wild animal welfare is net positive or negative. RSVP below :)
sites.google.com/nyu.edu/wild...
sites.google.com/nyu.edu/wild...
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The time has come!
We finally start coverage of early modern philosophy (17-18th centuries) on the #HoPWaG podcast, beginning with an episode on the concept of "Enlightenment."
www.historyofphilosophy.net/introduction...
#philsky #earlymodern #podcasts #enlightenment
We finally start coverage of early modern philosophy (17-18th centuries) on the #HoPWaG podcast, beginning with an episode on the concept of "Enlightenment."
www.historyofphilosophy.net/introduction...
#philsky #earlymodern #podcasts #enlightenment
February 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The time has come!
We finally start coverage of early modern philosophy (17-18th centuries) on the #HoPWaG podcast, beginning with an episode on the concept of "Enlightenment."
www.historyofphilosophy.net/introduction...
#philsky #earlymodern #podcasts #enlightenment
We finally start coverage of early modern philosophy (17-18th centuries) on the #HoPWaG podcast, beginning with an episode on the concept of "Enlightenment."
www.historyofphilosophy.net/introduction...
#philsky #earlymodern #podcasts #enlightenment
I have had the happy opportunity to be part of some meaningful conceptual engineering on ‘animal welfare’. “Flourishing through positive mental states, resilience and competence”
@liftcostaction.bsky.social
#PositiveAnimalWelfare #AppliedPhilosophy
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@liftcostaction.bsky.social
#PositiveAnimalWelfare #AppliedPhilosophy
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
A consensus on the definition of positive animal welfare | Biology Letters
The concept of animal welfare is evolving due to progress in our scientific understanding
of animal biology and changing societal expectations. Animal welfare science has been
primarily concerned with...
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January 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I have had the happy opportunity to be part of some meaningful conceptual engineering on ‘animal welfare’. “Flourishing through positive mental states, resilience and competence”
@liftcostaction.bsky.social
#PositiveAnimalWelfare #AppliedPhilosophy
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@liftcostaction.bsky.social
#PositiveAnimalWelfare #AppliedPhilosophy
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Fra ‘All's Well That Ends Well’, Act 4, Scene 3.
He will steal, sir, an egg out of a cloister. For rapes and ravishments he parallels Nessus. He professes not keeping of oaths; in breaking ’em he is stronger than Hercules. He will lie, sir, with such volubility, that you would think truth were a fool.
January 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Fra ‘All's Well That Ends Well’, Act 4, Scene 3.
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Our new study on the diet of one of Europe's more controversial animals, racoon dog provides no evidence that it is a threat to ground-nesting #birds nor to endangered #amphibians🐾🦆🐸 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #racoondog #mesopredator #alienspecies #dknatur
Diet of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Danish wetlands with focus on ground-nesting birds and amphibians - European Journal of Wildlife Research
In European countries, raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) are believed to impact ecosystems and potentially threaten native species. In this study, the stomachs of 525 raccoon dogs culled in Dani...
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January 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Our new study on the diet of one of Europe's more controversial animals, racoon dog provides no evidence that it is a threat to ground-nesting #birds nor to endangered #amphibians🐾🦆🐸 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #racoondog #mesopredator #alienspecies #dknatur
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#ATSPolitiken vinder internettet i dag 😂
December 16, 2024 at 12:38 PM
#ATSPolitiken vinder internettet i dag 😂
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I det nyeste nummeret av Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift, som også markerer tidsskriftets 40-årsjubileum, bidrar Bjørn Myskja og jeg med en artikkel om både Genteknologiutvalget og spørsmålet om hvorvidt genredigering av oppdrettslaksen kan være svaret på miljø- og velferdsproblemene i oppdrettsnæringen.
December 10, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I det nyeste nummeret av Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift, som også markerer tidsskriftets 40-årsjubileum, bidrar Bjørn Myskja og jeg med en artikkel om både Genteknologiutvalget og spørsmålet om hvorvidt genredigering av oppdrettslaksen kan være svaret på miljø- og velferdsproblemene i oppdrettsnæringen.
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As a philosophy student in Scandinavia in the 1990s, the University of Aarhus was the place to be for post-Kantian thought – thanks, in no small part, to the legendary Justus Hartnack. Needless to say, I’m thrilled to give the 2024 Hartnack Lecture on Dec. 10.
#Philsky #Aarhus #WomenInPhilosophy
#Philsky #Aarhus #WomenInPhilosophy
December 6, 2024 at 6:11 AM
As a philosophy student in Scandinavia in the 1990s, the University of Aarhus was the place to be for post-Kantian thought – thanks, in no small part, to the legendary Justus Hartnack. Needless to say, I’m thrilled to give the 2024 Hartnack Lecture on Dec. 10.
#Philsky #Aarhus #WomenInPhilosophy
#Philsky #Aarhus #WomenInPhilosophy
@Animals&Society is closing down. It has been one of the important connection hubs in human-animal studies for decades.
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www.animalsandsociety.org/news/asi-clo...
December 5, 2024 at 1:35 PM
@Animals&Society is closing down. It has been one of the important connection hubs in human-animal studies for decades.
www.animalsandsociety.org/news/asi-clo...
www.animalsandsociety.org/news/asi-clo...