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Walter Veit

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Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com Springer Sep 14, 2022 19 facts

claimMerker et al. (2022) interpreted Walter Veit's 'pathological complexity thesis' as the emergence of interaction and coevolutionary arms races during the Cambrian period.

claimHeather Browning and Walter Veit have published multiple papers between 2021 and 2022 regarding animal welfare, including topics such as end-of-life welfare, de-extinction, and positive welfare in wild animals.

referenceHeather Browning and Walter Veit published a review of Louis Narens and Brian Skyrms’ 'The Pursuit of Happiness' in 2021 titled 'Does utilitarianism need a rethink?'.

referenceWalter Veit and Heather Browning authored the forthcoming paper 'Life, mind, agency: why Markov blankets fail the test of evolution', to be published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

referenceWalter Veit and Brandon Huebner authored 'Drawing the boundaries of animal sentience', published in Animal Sentience in 2020.

referenceWalter Veit and David Spurrett authored 'Evolving resolve', published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences in 2021.

perspectiveWalter Veit argues that intentionality and consciousness should not be viewed as inherently connected, suggesting that one can be an eliminativist about one while remaining a realist about the other.

perspectiveWalter Veit argues that the origins of consciousness are not located in the new dimension of interaction during the Cambrian explosion, but rather in the evolution of sensory experience and the origins of other minds thinking.

referenceWalter Veit authored the article titled 'Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness', which was published in the journal Biological Theory in 2023, volume 18, pages 175–190.

referenceHeather Browning and Walter Veit published an essay review of Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka’s 'The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul' in 2021 titled 'Evolutionary biology meets consciousness'.

measurementWalter Veit's research was supported by the Australian Research Council’s Discovery Projects funding scheme under project number FL170100160.

referenceThe pathological complexity thesis, which relates to the number of alternative actions an organism can take, is discussed in detail by Walter Veit in a 2022 publication.

referenceWalter Veit and Heather Browning authored the forthcoming paper 'Pathological complexity and the evolution of sex differences', to be published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

referenceWalter Veit and Heather Browning authored 'Phenomenology applied to animal health and suffering' in the 2021 book 'Phenomenology of bioethics: technoethics and lived-experience', edited by S. Ferrarello and published by Springer Nature Switzerland.

claimWalter Veit announced a forthcoming book-length treatment of the pathological complexity thesis in 2022.

referenceWalter Veit and Heather Browning authored the forthcoming paper 'The scaffolded evolution of human communication', to be published in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

claimWalter Veit criticized Samir Okasha's 2018 monograph on agency for failing to adequately address the actual evolution of agency as a real phenomenon in nature.

referenceIn a compendium article, Walter Veit investigates whether claims regarding the possibility of pain in insects like ants, bees, and flies are plausible given their short, fast, and robotic lives.

perspectiveWalter Veit expresses skepticism toward the methodology of Ginsburg and Jablonka (2019) because their list of features for consciousness is based on a model of human consciousness, whereas his goal is to explain the most minimal kind of subjective experience.

[PDF] On the Evolution, Science, and Metaphysics of Consciousness walterveit.com 1 fact

perspectiveWalter Veit argues that the expansion of conscious experiences provides adaptive benefits by improving animal decision-making.