PAMBA 2025
The second meeting of the Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association will be held at the University of Santa Barbara April 24-26 2025, hosted by Colin Allen. We are planning an exciting three days of talks and events, including a tour of the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve to observe the plovers and other residents. Save the date, and stay tuned for more information!
PAMBA at the Central APA
Come join us for an evening of talks the first night of the APA in New Orleans, at the Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association session (GH1B) from 7-10 pm.
Chair: Kristin Andrews (York University)
Speakers:
Heidi Lyn (The University of South Alabama)
“Finding the Joy – Positive Affect in Nonhuman Animals”
L. Syd M Johnson (SUNY Upstate Medical University)
“Ethical Uncertainties in Potentially Harmful Consciousness Research in Nonhuman
Animals”
Rhys Borchert (University of Arizona) & Aliya Dewey (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
“Can Animals Be Moral Agents?”
Inaugural meeting of PAMBA
The Inaugural Meeting of the Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association will be held in Madrid on April 26-28 2023
Group sessions - Pacific APA
PAMBA group session – Pacific APA 2023
https://www.apaonline.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1256302&group=
Chair:
Kristin Andrews
Speakers:
David M. Peña-Guzmán: "Animal embodiments: The body schema in other living beings"
Hayley Clatterbuck: "What is it like to be a non-linguistic creature?"
Eric Schwitzgebel: "The mind of a garden snail, or what is it to have a mind?"
Group Sessions-Eastern APA
Eastern APA.
We were among the sessions that didn’t quite make it due to snow in Savannah. We had a great program too, so it was a pity not to all meet up in person–and to suffer the delayed flights and sleeping in airports.
Here’s the program:
Chair: Maria Botero (Sam Houston State University)
Speaker: Susana Monsó (Messerli Research Institute Vienna)
“Why we should care whether animals are moral”
Commentator: Kristin Andrews (York University)
Speaker: Richard Moore (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
“From great ape communication to human language”
Commentator: Colin Allen (Pittsburgh)
Speaker: Mark Rowlands (University of Miami)
“Self- and other-awareness in animals”
Commentator: Lori Gruen (Wesleyan)