A. Do animals have minds?

1/ Do animals have feelings?

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• What are the two concepts of harm?
• Why is it difficult to prove the existence of animal pain?

Peter Singer, Do Animals Feel Pain?

• What are the different arguments for the existence of animal pain?

2/ Animal intelligence and consciousness

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• According to Aristotle and Descartes, what is the difference between animals and human beings?
• Darwin's theory of evolution challenged the traditional conception of animals and human beings. Explain.
• Recent experiments show that animals can solve complex problems. Illustrate.
• What is “the hard problem”?

Final task

1. Imagine you're a journalist. You have to interview an expert in animal studies. Prepare the interview and find 5 interesting questions you could ask.
2. Now you're the expert : answer the questions (of another group).

Documents complémentaires

• The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness
• M. R. Calarco (ed.), Animal Studies. The Key Concepts (2021), “Mind”