concept
active
concept:double-standard-in-inferring-sentiencedouble standard in inferring sentience
Unequal willingness to attribute sentience to animals vs. plants despite similar behavioural evidence.
Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count
Papers (1)
paper
Related by similarity (8)
cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- Rouleau & Levin argue: behavioral patterns attributed to sentience in animals should be afforded same interpretation in plants and other systems without neural substrate bias.
- The inconsistent willingness to infer sentience in animals vs. plants based on similar behavioral evidence.
- Attributing subjective experience based on observable embodied behaviours.
- First sentence of the paper, establishing the inferential nature of all sentience attributions.
- Claim that the basis for inferring animal sentience is intuitive, not empirical.
- Set of eight criteria: nociception, sensory integration, integrated nociception, analgesia, motivational trade-offs, flexible self-protection, associative learning, analgesia preference.