Essays about: "Animal sentience"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Animal sentience.
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1. Sentient Objects — A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential of Animals as Legal Subjects
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The sentience of animals has been scientifically proven since the nineteenth century, which has led to changes in our attitude towards animals and to the proliferation of anti-cruelty laws. But despite the rise of an Animal Law discipline, animal rights organisations’ attempting to elevate the legal status of animals, and several recent European legislative changes categorising animals as “non-things”, the legal status of a person has not yet been extended to animals. READ MORE
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2. The evolutionary origins of consciousness
University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskapAbstract : Some unanswered questions about consciousness as a biological phenomenon lie in its evolutionary origin and distribution among living organisms. Which animals are conscious and when did consciousness appear in the history of life on earth? The purpose of this thesis is to shed light on these long-standing questions by reviewing the literature on the evolutionary approaches to the fundamental concept of phenomenal consciousness. READ MORE
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3. Studenters och djursjukskötares attityder till djur och djurs välfärd
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and HealthAbstract : Icke-humana djur utgör en integrerad och viktig del i både samhället som stort och för den enskilda privatpersonen. Djuren används i dag på många olika sätt, där sällskapsdjuren har rollen som en vän eller familjemedlem, medan andra djur används inom livsmedelsindustrin, forskning och för nöjes skull. READ MORE
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4. ANIMAL QUALIA AND NON-ANTHROPOCENTRIC NARRATION IN BARBARA GOWDY’S THE WHITE BONE : PROBLEMATIZING NONHUMAN EXPERIENTIALITY THROUGH ENVISIONMENTS IN THE EFL CLASSROOM
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This thesis examines nonhuman phenomenological experiences, communication, and sensory perception in Barbara Gowdy’s The White Bone. Drawing on literary and pedagogical theories by Roman Bartosch, Monika Fludernik, Marco Caracciolo, David Herman, and Judith Langer, the thesis argues that Gowdy’s novel employs narrative strategies and devices that involve nonhuman experientiality evoked from sensorial configurations, narration, and textual cognitive and embodied experiences. READ MORE
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5. Vad är ett djur? : en rapport om veterinärstudenternas djursyn
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology and BiochemistryAbstract : ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to survey attitudes towards animals among veterinary students, and to assess how the Swedish veterinary education affected students' perspectives on animals. Students in the first and second years of the study programme were asked to answer the question "What is an animal?" as they saw fit, and the answers were analysed using a qualitative-to-quantitave analysis method called the Elementary Model, which had been developed for the purpose. READ MORE
