Tag Archives: animal consciousness
My lectures at the Minding Animals Conference
From Wednesday July 4 to Friday July 6 the second Minding Animals Conference will be held in Utrecht, The Netherlands, hosted by the Ethics Institute and Faculty of Veterinary Science at Utrecht University. Recently the two abstracts that I submitted … Continue reading
Lecture about friendships among different animal species
Cats and humans belong to two different animal species and yet a deep bond of strong affection can exist between them. Besides the special relationships between humans and other animals, there are all kinds of cases of extraordinary bonds between … Continue reading
Filed under Animal Consciousness, Lectures and courses
Minding Animals Conference in Utrecht this July
This July, the second Minding Animals Conference will be held at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. It is organized by Minding Animals International, an organisation that “provides an avenue for the transdisciplinary field of Animal Studies to be more responsive … Continue reading
Filed under Animal Consciousness, Animal Ethics
New blog on veganism
A few weeks ago I have made a new blog, especially dedicated to veganism. I have been a vegan since I was 17. At that time I was already a vegetarian and feared I could never be vegan, because I … Continue reading
Marc Bekoff in The Netherlands
On Saturday April 2 and Sunday April 3 Marc Bekoff was in The Netherlands for a seminar. The ethologist Marc Bekoff is a former professor of Ecology en Evolutionairy Biology at the University of Colorado in Boulder and he has … Continue reading
Filed under Animal Communication, Animal Consciousness, Animal Ethics, General
My articles on Animal Consciousness now online
Yesterday I scanned all my publications about animal consciousness and uploaded them to my profile on Academia.edu. In the 1990s I published several articles on the subject together with my brother Titus Rivas. In these articles we advocate the analogy … Continue reading
Filed under Animal Consciousness, General, Publications
My chapter on Animal Ethics now online
In 1997 I edited a book about animal consciousness and animal ethics, together with my co-editors Marcel Dol, Kasanmoentalib, Susanne Lijmbach and Ruud van den Bos. We gave it the title Animal consciousness and animal ethics. Perspectives from the Netherlands, … Continue reading
Hello everyone!
Welcome to my blog everyone! I am a psychologist and philosopher from the Netherlands who has worked with signing chimpanzees. In this blog I will post details about my work, my life, and my opinions and thoughts. My main areas … Continue reading
