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Jonathan Birch

@birchlse

Professor, LSE. Philosophy of science, evolution of altruism, animal consciousness. PI, Foundations of Animal Sentience project.

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linkhttps://www.lse.ac.uk/cpnss/research/ASENT calendar_today27-09-2019 10:05:05

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Henry Shevlin(@dioscuri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Jonathan Birch offers a very rich and thought-provoking review of Alexander Bird’s new book on the role of human experience in scientific knowledge-making, touching on everything from AI-driven science to the nature of epistemic communities.

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Ken Baeza(@kenbaezao) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Jonathan Birch “A good lab will tentatively regard the latest findings from other labs as plausible at face value (…) but it will not let its own research programme rest on unchecked results”

Love this, and I’d argue it applies to individuals as well: ⬇️

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LSE British Politics and Policy(@LSEpoliticsblog) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The animal welfare impact of all policies must be taken into consideration if the UK is to continue to be a force for raising standards in this area, writes Jonathan Birch Jonathan Birch
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Libby Anderson(@AndersonLibby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“There is a deep human need to relate to other animals in a positive way and to treat them with care and respect. Good law and regulation form part of how we can achieve this.”

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Jonathan Birch(@birchlse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Love that Taylor Swift's latest release has an accidental buzzing noise inaudible to people over 30. She knows her real fans.

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Dr. Mia Brett(@QueenMab87) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So many Jews critical of Israel are talking about real antisemitism and your response is “criticism of Israel isn’t antisemitic.” Yeah we know that. We’ve probably been criticizing Israel longer than you have. When we say something is antisemitic listen to us

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Jonathan Birch(@birchlse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm talking about 'Emotionless animals?' at the Aristotelian Society on 20 Nov - and, as is traditional, have posted a draft paper for people to read (philarchive.org/rec/BIREAC/). It's an analysis of constructionist theories of emotion and their implications for other animals... 1/5

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Jonathan Birch(@birchlse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What are the easy wins on animal welfare that all UK political parties should be writing into their 2024 manifestos? New blog post with my thoughts on this: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

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Matthias Michel(@MatthiasMichel_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My commentary on Bridewell & Isaac's paper on computational modeling in consciousness research: philosophyofbrains.com/2023/10/18/com…. You can find all the posts here: philosophyofbrains.com/category/consc…. Thanks to the Brains Blog!

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