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Veit, W. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7701-8995
(2025)
On the evolution, science, and metaphysics of consciousness.
Adaptive Behavior.
ISSN 1741-2633
doi: 10.1177/10597123251413204
Abstract/Summary
In this article, I defend and expand my evolutionary account of consciousness developed in A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness against four critical replies. I respond to de Weerd’s challenge to the evolutionary bottom-up approach, clarifying what it entails. I address Sachs’s discussion of autopoiesis and enactivism, distinguishing my naturalistic framework from these alternatives. I engage Frankish’s concerns about my remaining Cartesian commitments. I reply to Suzuki’s prediction-based alternative to my evaluation-first view of consciousness, his criticism of my discussion of disunity, and his scepticism that consciousness is an adaptation. Finally, I address Chincarini’s comments on the connection between the pathological complexity thesis and animal welfare science.
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| Item Type | Article |
| URI | https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/127622 |
| Identification Number/DOI | 10.1177/10597123251413204 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Divisions | Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications |
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