Sentience criteria to persuade the reasonable sceptic
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چکیده
When presented with evidence that Crump et al.’s criteria are satisfied for the animals in some taxon, a sceptic could reasonably continue to suspend judgement about whether those sentient. This is because refer abilities which associated sentience humans, but it not clear necessary these abilities. The be strengthed by requiring of contrast performance between cases information carried felt and unfelt states.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Animal Sentience: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Animal Feeling
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2377-7478']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1741