UTOPISM. *** In the long run, nothing else is realistic. *** Welcome to the English language blog of Morten Tønnessen, Professor of philosophy at University of Stavanger's Department of Social Studies.
The Norwegian daily newspaper Nationen has a 2-page news story about the Norwegian animal ethics conference 2024 (Dyreetikkonferansen 2024) which took place last week with animal consciousness as theme. The news story features an image and quotes from my presentation. In the image caption I am quoted as saying that our understanding of other beings is always somewhat limited.
I have been scheduled to present at Dyreetikkonferansen 2024 (the Norwegian animal ethics conference 2024), which takes place at Litteraturhuset, Oslo, on Wednesday November 20th, with the theme "Er du bevisst dyrs bevissthet?" (Are you conscious of animals´ consciousness?). The title of my talk is "Hvordan er det å være et dyr?" (What is it like to be an animal?).
More info (in Norwegian) on the website of Norway´s Council for animal ethics.
Today I have presented my paper "Phenomenological Triangulation in the Study of Animals as Subjects of Phenomenology – Perspectives from Cognitive semiotics and Biosemiotics" at the colloquium «After Nagel: Science and the phenomenology of animals subjects”, held at Radboud university, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, March 6-7th. Some 25 people attended altogether (physically or digitally).
