Pathological complexity and African elephant consciousness

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dc.contributor.authorRoss, Donen
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-07T11:29:33Z
dc.date.available2025-05-07T11:29:33Z
dc.date.issued2025-05-06
dc.description.abstractVeit (2023) provides a framework for modelling and empirically investigating varieties of consciousness as a Darwinian phenomenon, based on abduction from life histories of animals. The alleged ‘hard problem’ is exposed as an artefact of ignoring mechanisms by which increasingly complex varieties of consciousness evolved under selection pressure over evolutionary time. I illustrate Veit’s approach through a case study of a highly complex but non-human variety, consciousness in African elephants. This is useful for specifying more exactly the kind of anthropocentrism that Veit criticises.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationRoss, D. (2025) 'Pathological complexity and African elephant consciousness', Adaptive Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1177/10597123251340889en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/10597123251340889en
dc.identifier.eissn1741-2633en
dc.identifier.issn1059-7123en
dc.identifier.journaltitleAdaptive Behavioren
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/17398
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSAGEen
dc.relation.ispartofAdaptive Behavioren
dc.rights© 2025, the Author. Published by SAGE on behalf of the International Society of Adaptive Behavior. This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) license.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectElephant consciousnessen
dc.subjectPathaological complexityen
dc.subjectLife history theoryen
dc.subject~Philosophy - Journal Articles~en
dc.titlePathological complexity and African elephant consciousnessen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
dc.typejournal-articleen
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