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Dr. Walter Veit
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EA Forum Podcast (All audio)
“New EA-adjacent Philosophy Lab” by Walter Veit
Hi everyone, I am a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Reading and currently trying to set-up at a lab focused on animal and AI sentience and welfare. Since many EAs are doing research in this area, I thought it might be useful to make an announcement here. Lab description: It is intended as an interdisciplinary group of philosophers and scientists using conceptual and computational methods to solve pressing philosophical, ethical, and scientific challenges at the intersection of the biological, social, and cognitive sciences such as as: Do insects feel pain? How...
2025-04-30
01 min
BRAINLAND
DECONSTRUCTING CONSCIOUSNESS: A philosophy for the science of animal consciousness
In this podcast philosopher Walter Veit outlines five elements of conscious experience he believes can be scientifically explored,why and when, in evolutionary terms, those elements first appeared. He explains his concept of 'pathological complexity', which of those five may have appeared first, and the ethical imperatives that underpin animal consciousness research. After talking about slugs, octopuses and corvids we end with a discussion on how his approach may assist in creating machines that are in some sense conscious.Participants:Walter Veit, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Reading, UK. External Member...
2025-03-25
45 min
Sentientism
What Are Zoos For? - Heather Browning and Walter Veit - Sentientism 223
Heather Browning is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. Her primary research interests are animal welfare, ethics, and consciousness.Walter Veit is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading and an external member of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at the Ludwig MaximilianUniversity of Munich. Much of Walter’s recent writing has been on animal minds, welfare and ethics, as well as evolution.As we've already covered our standard Sentientism "what's real?", "who matters?" and "how to make a better world?" questions in our previous conversations in episodes 48, 54 and 158, he...
2025-03-11
1h 15
Iron Culture presented by MASS
Ep 305 - What is Strength? (w/Drs. Adrian Kind, Conor Heffernan & Walter Veit)
Who is the strongest? Is it the person with the biggest Powerlifting total? Weightlifting total? The current Worlds Strongest Man/Woman Champion? Or, perhaps, the current Arnold Strongman Classic Champion? It’s an oft-debated question, typically occurring around the proverbial fitness water cooler. However, recently Dr. Kind, Dr. Veit, Dr. Heffernan, and our very own Dr. Helms made this debate into a multidisciplinary academic paper. Specifically, they asked the question through the lens of history, what has strength meant in society since the dawn of physical culture, what is strength philosophically, and finally, what is strength objectively, as measured in s...
2024-12-11
1h 27
Iron Culture presented by MASS
Ep 305 - What is Strength? (w/Drs. Adrian Kind, Conor Heffernan & Walter Veit)
Who is the strongest? Is it the person with the biggest Powerlifting total? Weightlifting total? The current Worlds Strongest Man/Woman Champion? Or, perhaps, the current Arnold Strongman Classic Champion? It’s an oft-debated question, typically occurring around the proverbial fitness water cooler. However, recently Dr. Kind, Dr. Veit, Dr. Heffernan, and our very own Dr. Helms made this debate into a multidisciplinary academic paper. Specifically, they asked the question through the lens of history, what has strength meant in society since the dawn of physical culture, what is strength philosophically, and finally, what is strength objectively, as measured in s...
2024-12-11
1h 27
Transforming Society podcast
Are zoos an anachronism in the 21st century?
Many of us have fond memories of going to the zoo as children, but zoo critics are vocal in their condemnation of keeping animals in captivity, believing there can be no such thing as a good zoo. Are the goals of entertainment, conservation, education and research more often in conflict than harmony? And are they ultimately irreconcilable with concern for animal welfare?In this episode, George Miller talks to Heather Browning and Walter Veit, co-authors of 'What are Zoos For?' about the ethics of captivity, the challenges of balancing animal welfare with the need for p...
2024-12-10
34 min
Tent Talks
56. Evolution, AI, and Animal Minds (with Dr. Walter Veit)
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Walter Veit, an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Reading. Walter is a wide-ranging philosopher working primarily at the intersections of the philosophy of cognitive and biological sciences, the philosophy of mind, and applied ethics. His recent research focuses on animal minds, welfare, ethics, and evolution. His first book, A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness, was published in 2023 by Routledge. In this episode, we discuss a variety of topics, including the evolution and adaptive functions of consciousness, Walter’s concept of phenomenological complexity, artificial minds and AI...
2024-11-22
1h 11
Tent Talks
56. Evolution, AI, and Animal Minds (with Dr. Walter Veit)
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Walter Veit, an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Reading. Walter is a wide-ranging philosopher working primarily at the intersections of the philosophy of cognitive and biological sciences, the philosophy of mind, and applied ethics. His recent research focuses on animal minds, welfare, ethics, and evolution. His first book, A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness, was published in 2023 by Routledge. In this episode, we discuss a variety of topics, including the evolution and adaptive functions of consciousness, Walter’s concept of phenomenological complexity, artificial minds and AI...
2024-11-22
1h 11
Walter Veit Podcast
#42 - ESEB Talk: Evolution of Multicellularity
Here a talk I gave in 2019 at the European Society for Evolutionary Biology on the evolution of multicellularity. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/shorts SUPPORT & CONNECT:
2024-11-20
13 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#41 - Eric Schliesser: On Synthetic Philosophy
Today's episode gave me a chance to talk to Eric Schliesser on his work and especially his article on what he described as synthetic philosophy. His website can be found here: https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/s/c/e.s.schliesser/e.s.schliesser.html PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com...
2024-11-19
1h 08
Walter Veit Podcast
#40 - Cory Clark: Is there Political Bias and Censorship in Science?
Today I'm talking to Cory Clark - a behavioral scientist interested in how social motivations influence human judgment and empirical beliefs. Check her website and research out here: https://www.coryjclark.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN
2024-11-18
1h 25
Világjárók Klubja Bécs
Gryllus Samu: "Ahhoz, hogy ugyanaz maradj, mindig valtozni kell!"
Samu Gryllus zeneszerzőként gyakran dolgozik különböző zenei-társadalmi háttérrel rendelkező zenészekkel. Fő érdeklődési területe az előadóművészet multidiszciplinaritása, különös tekintettel az előadott zenei identitásra. Tapasztalatokkal rendelkezik a hangművészet és az egyetemi oktatás terén egyaránt. 2010 óta a Soundpainting szakértője, ami az oktatásban és az előadóművészetben használt jelnyelv. Samu 1976-ban született Budapesten, Magyarországon. A Liszt Ferenc Zeneakadémián szerzett diplomát jazz-basszusgitár és jazz-pedagógia szakon 2001-ben. 2007-ben MFA diplomát szerzet...
2024-11-18
1h 18
Walter Veit Podcast
#39 - Why is Health?
Today's episode features a talk I gave in Sydney in 2023. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/shorts SUPPORT & CONNECT: Twitter: https://twitter.com/wrwveit ...
2024-11-17
15 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#38 - Elizabeth Paul: Animal Consciousness and Welfare
In today's episode I talk to Liz Paul, who is a leading researcher in animal emotions and welfare. https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Liz-Paul-a2f9a5b6-a5bf-4ea3-a8a2-9ff2ea09bf19/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3...
2024-11-16
1h 34
Walter Veit Podcast
#37 - Carolyn A Ristau: A Biography of Donald Griffin - Discoverer of Bat Echolocation
Today, I talk to Dr. Carolyn A. Ristau is a Cognitive Ethologist who had the privilege of working in Donald R. Griffin’s Rockefeller University lab. Those were the times when he was ardently working to develop the new field of Cognitive Ethology he had just created, while also enthusiastically continuing his studies of avian migration and bat echolocation. Carolyn Ristau was impressed by his ideas and dedication. She wanted others to know more of their development, hence this broad-based biography. You can download her biography of Donald Griffin for free from her website: https://carolynaristau.com/ ...
2024-11-15
1h 28
Walter Veit Podcast
#36 - Toward an Ethological Science of Animal Consciousness
Today's episode features a talk I gave in 2012 at the Joint Brazilian Annual Ethological/Latin American Ethological Conference. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/shorts SUPPORT & CONNECT: ...
2024-11-14
19 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#35 - Guest Podcast Sentientist Conversations "Animal Consciousness"
This podcast episode originally aired on the Sentientism Podcast on 16 Jun 2023. Link to original video: https://youtu.be/aEDtTl8sPPQ?si=lQfGN5biB2lgtz6A Republished with permission. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/shorts SUPPORT & CONNECT: Twitter: https://twitter.com/wrwveit Instagram: https://www...
2024-11-13
1h 48
Walter Veit Podcast
#34 - Guest Podcast Episode: The NonSequitur Show Genetic Engineering Dr Sy Garte & Walter Veit
This podcast episode originally aired on The NonSequitur Show on June 22, 2018. Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wgcwBGbEDQ&list=PLV0j8uiNxfktd9d66oXHeaUg5bWs18v8J&ab_channel=TheNonSequiturShow Republished with permission. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2...
2024-11-12
1h 23
Walter Veit Podcast
#33 - Guest Podcast Sentientist Conversations "Maybe moral systems are harmful!" + Deleted Scenes
This podcast episode originally aired on the Sentientism Podcast on 20 Apr 2021. Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxSGItuaSn4&list=PLV0j8uiNxfktd9d66oXHeaUg5bWs18v8J&index=3&ab_channel=Sentientism Republished with permission. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3...
2024-11-11
1h 35
Walter Veit Podcast
#32 - AI Conversation: A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness
Testing out new AI features to create a fake conversation using my book: Veit, W. (2023). A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness. New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/A-Philosophy-for-the-Science-of-Animal-Consciousness/Veit/p/book/9781032343617 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN ...
2024-10-05
09 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#31 - AI Discussion: Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancement
AI Podcast Discussion of my first paper: Veit, W. (2018). Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancement. KRITERION – Journal of Philosophy 32(1), 75-92. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11026.89289 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrW...
2024-10-02
12 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#30 - Modeling Morality - PART 2
In today's episode I'll read and discuss the following paper: Veit, W. (2019). Modeling Morality. In L. Magnani, A. Nepomuceno, F. Salguero, C. Barés and M. Fontane (eds), Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology, Springer, 83-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32722-4_6 PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8ui...
2024-10-02
21 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#29 - Modeling Morality - PART 1
In today's episode I'll read and discuss the following paper: Veit, W. (2019). Modeling Morality. In L. Magnani, A. Nepomuceno, F. Salguero, C. Barés and M. Fontane (eds), Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology, Springer, 83-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32722-4_6 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list...
2024-09-30
36 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#28 - Peter Singer: Retirement, Effective Altruism, Animal Rights, Zoos
Today I'm talking to Peter Singer - the perhaps most famous and influential living philosopher about his retirework, work, and future plans. https://www.petersinger.info/PODCAST PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips...
2024-09-07
1h 05
Walter Veit Podcast
#27 - MA by Research in Philosophy at the University of Reading
In today's episode a brief presentation and question/answer session about the MA by Research in Philosophy at the University of Reading, which I am currently supervising. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.co...
2024-08-28
29 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#26 - Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right - PART 2
In today's episode I'll read and discuss the following paper: Veit, W. (2019). Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right. Biology & Philosophy, 34(34). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-019-9688-9 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVe...
2024-08-28
27 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#25 - Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right - PART 1
In today's episode I'll read and discuss the following paper: Veit, W. (2019). Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right. Biology & Philosophy, 34(34). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-019-9688-9 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips...
2024-05-20
42 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#24 - Existential Nihilism: The Only Really Serious Philosophical Problem
In today's episode I'll read and discuss the following paper: Veit, W. (2018). Existential Nihilism: The Only Really Serious Philosophical Problem. Journal of Camus Studies 2018, 211-236. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26965.24804 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiUR...
2024-05-15
1h 07
Walter Veit Podcast
#23 - Daniel C. Dennett Tribute
This was a difficult episode to record. Philosophy lost one of the Greats and one of the kindest. Here is the tribute to Daniel Dennett: https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/science-and-philosophy/202404/daniel-c-dennett-tribute-to-a-philosophical-giant PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/shorts SUPPORT & CONNECT: Twitter: https://twitter...
2024-04-23
17 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#22 - Cognitive Enhancement and the Threat of Inequality
What is the ethical status of cognitive enhancers? Today's article is accessible here: Veit, W. (2018). Cognitive Enhancement and the Threat of Inequality. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 2, 404–410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41465-018-0108-x [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osL...
2024-04-09
44 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#21 - Eric Helms: Is Bodybuilding a Sport?
Today I'm talking to Eric Helms, professional bodybuilder, exercise scientist at the Auckland University of Technology, influential science communicator, and co-host of the iron culture podcast. Kind, Adrian, and Eric R. Helms. "Is bodybuilding a sport?." Journal of the Philosophy of Sport 50.2 (2023): 281-299. https://doi.org/10.1080/00948705.2023.2234978 https://academics.aut.ac.nz/eric.helms https://www.youtube.com/c/ironculturepodcast PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wa...
2024-04-05
1h 25
Walter Veit Podcast
#20 - Drawing the boundaries of animal sentience
Link to the paper: Veit, W. & Huebner, B. (2020). Drawing the boundaries of animal sentience. Animal Sentience 29(13). http://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1595 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/short...
2024-03-30
14 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#19 - Matti Wilks: On the Psychology of Moral Motivations and Effective Altruism
In today's episode, I interview Matti Wilks who is a Lecturer (Assistant Prof) in psychology at the University of Edinburgh. She is researching how our moral circles expand, why we devalue distant beings, and why some people are more altruistic than others. You can visit her website here: https://www.mattiwilks.com/home PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30...
2024-03-13
1h 04
Walter Veit Podcast
#18 - Improving Invertebrate Welfare
You can find the paper here: Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Improving invertebrate welfare. Animal Sentience 29(4). http://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1585 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/short...
2024-03-03
14 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#17 - Alex Rosenberg: On Science, Philosophy, and Meaning
In today's episode I talk to Alex Rosenberg - the R. Taylor Cole Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. https://alexrosenbergbooks.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/shorts ...
2024-02-22
55 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#16 - Modeling Morality
Link to today's paper: Veit, W. (2019). Modeling Morality. In L. Magnani, A. Nepomuceno, F. Salguero, C. Barés and M. Fontane (eds), Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology, Springer, 83-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32722-4_6 [Download] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=os...
2024-02-14
1h 10
Walter Veit Podcast
#15 - Nicola Clayton: Animal Cognition, Magic, Corvids, Dance, Embodiment
In today's episode I talk to University of Cambridge Professor of Comparative Cognition - Nicola Clayton. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/shorts SUPPORT & CONNECT:
2024-02-07
58 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#14 - Enhancement Technologies and Inequality
In this episode, I offer an audio version of as well as commentary on my second publication: Veit, W. (2018). Enhancement Technologies and Inequality. In Saborido, C., Oms, S. & González de Prado, J. (eds.) Proceedings of the IX Conference of the Spanish Society of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 471-476. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.21932.08326 [Download] EPISODE LINKS: Free download link of my article: veit2018_enhancement.pdf (wordpress.com) PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcas...
2024-01-29
20 min
Das Berlin Hörspiel
Adolf Eichmann - Ein Hörprozess
In Jerusalem beginnt 1961 der Prozess gegen Adolf Eichmann, Organisator der Deportationen der Europäischen Juden in die Konzentrationslager. Ein Novum: der Prozess gegen den NS-Kriegsverbrecher wird im Radio übertragen. Eine Rekonstruktion anhand von O-Tönen und Dokumenten damaliger Hörer*innen. Hörspiel von Noam Brusilovsky und Ofer Waldman// Mit Walter Kreye, Shelly Kupferberg, Veit Schubert, Yeva Lapsker, Daniel Kahn, Benny Claessens u.v.a.// Regie: Noam Brusilovsky// rbb/DLF 2021
2024-01-26
55 min
Aporia Podcast
Consciousness, meat and eugenics | Dr. Walter Veit
Join Walter Veit, University of Reading scholar and pioneering author, as we navigate the intriguing and complex world of animal consciousness. Walter's expertise breathes new life into our understanding of how consciousness could have evolved across species, from the depths of the ocean with the octopus to the humble existence of the worm. Our conversation challenges long-standing human-centric views, uncovering the ethical ramifications of our interactions with animals, and sparking debate over the moral intricacies of artificial sentience, animal farming practices, and the future of lab-grown meat. Links to Dr. Veit's works: ...
2024-01-21
11 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#13 - Richard Yetter Chappell: Why Not Effective Altruism?
Richard Yetter Chappell is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami. Today we'll talk about the common criticisms against effective altruism. EPISODE LINKS: Kevin's website: http://yetterchappell.net/Richard/ Kevin's paper: https://rychappell.substack.com/p/why-not-effective-altruism PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5...
2024-01-20
1h 19
Walter Veit Podcast
#12 - Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancement
In this episode, I offer an audio version of as well as commentary on my first publication: Veit, W. (2018). Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancement. KRITERION – Journal of Philosophy 32(1), 75-92. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11026.89289 EPISODE LINKS: Free download link of my article: https://walterveitcom.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/procreative_beneficence_and_genetic_enhancement.pdf PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Fu...
2024-01-14
1h 00
Walter Veit Podcast
#11 - Kristin Andrews: Animal Minds, Animal Culture, Orangutans, Philosophy
Kristin Andrews is York Research Chair in Animal Minds and Professor of Philosophy at York University (Toronto). EPISODE LINKS: Kristin's website: https://www.kristinandrews.org/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit...
2024-01-09
1h 08
Walter Veit Podcast
#10 - Princeton Panel on the Ethics of AI in Farming
Recently, I was on a panel discussing the ethics of using AI in farming. Here is the recording. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/shorts SUPPORT & CONNECT: ...
2024-01-04
33 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#9 - Princeton: Artificial intelligence, animal welfare, and the ethics of smart farming
I gave a talk at Princeton. Here is the recording. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@DrWalterVeit/shorts SUPPORT & CONNECT: Twitter: https://twitter.com/wrwveit
2023-12-29
41 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#8 - Kevin Mitchell: Free Will, Evolution of Agency, Control, Consciousness
Kevin Mitchell is an Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin EPISODE LINKS: Kevin's website: https://www.kjmitchell.com/ Kevin's book Free Agents: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691226231/free-agents PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD&si=osLPm4EHx9BLiURN
2023-12-23
1h 11
Walter Veit Podcast
#7 - Dalai Lama Conference in India: Animal Consciousness
Earlier this year, I was invited to fly to India where I had to honour to meet the Dalai Lama and present my research on animal consciousness. In this episode, you can watch the recording of my talk. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8uiNxfku6--y2dho5VPUX3gpyqdnD...
2023-12-18
47 min
The Nature & Nurture Podcast
Nature & Nurture #126. Dr. Walter Veit - Animal Consciousness, Evolution, & Morality
Dr. Walter Veit is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading and author of A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness. He is an expert in philosophy of mind, cognitive and biological sciences, applied ethics, and animal welfare. In this episode, we talk about philosophy of mind and the evolution of consciousness in animals. Walter outlines his theory of the evolution of phenomenological complexity and affective experience in animals, its similarities and differences with computational theories of consciousness outlined by past podcast guests Kevin Mitchell and Mark Solms, and the diversity of...
2023-12-15
1h 17
Walter Veit Podcast
#6 - Eva Jablonka: Epigenetics, Evolution, Consciousness, Israel and Palestine
Today’s guest is Eva Jablonka. She is an emeritus professor at Tel Aviv University and perhaps best known as an evolutionary theorist and geneticist who has defended the idea of epigenetic inheritance. However, she is also a philosopher and historian of science, with a deep interest in the history of biological thought. PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss Yo...
2023-12-12
1h 33
Walter Veit Podcast
#5 - Chapter 1 of A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness
This episode offers a preview and audio version of chapter 1 of my monograph A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness. You can find a download link below if you want to follow along or read the first 30 pages at your own pace. Buy the book: Veit, W. (2023). A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness. New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/A-Philosophy-for-the-Science-of-Animal-Consciousness/Veit/p/book/9781032343617 Download the book preview: https://walterveitcom.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/veit2023_preview_a_philosophy_for_science_of_animal_consciousness.pdf PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ ...
2023-12-05
1h 19
Walter Veit Podcast
#4 - Preview for A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness
This episode offers a preview, commentary, and live-reading for the preface of my first monograph A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness. You can find a download link below if you want to follow along or read the first 30 pages at your own pace. Veit, W. (2023). A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness. New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/A-Philosophy-for-the-Science-of-Animal-Consciousness/Veit/p/book/9781032343617 [Download preview] PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p...
2023-11-29
40 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#3 - Heather Browning: Zookeeping, Philosophy, Sentience, Animal Welfare, and AI
Today I am talking to my wife Heather Browning, a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Southampton, and formerly a zookeeper at zoos in Australia and New Zealand. We will talk about her experience in zoos, her turn to philosophy, and her work on how we can improve animal welfare (among other topics). PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss
2023-11-26
1h 13
Walter Veit Podcast
#2 - Why start a podcast?
Hello there and welcome to the second episode of my podcast where I will introduce myself, offer something of an introduction for what you can expect from this podcast, and briefly go into why I decided to launch this podcast to begin with! PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://walterveit.com/podcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/24OwJWeaWyJqqdfxirnlUU Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walter-veit-podcast/id1716794567 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ed331d30/podcast/rss YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0j8...
2023-11-22
05 min
Walter Veit Podcast
#1 - Daniel C. Dennett: Consciousness, AI, Free Will, Evolution, & Religion
My guest today is Daniel C. Dennett, emeritus Professor at Tufts University and one of the most influential philosophers and cognitive scientists of his generation. He has written several highly influential and acclaimed monographs, such as Consciousness Explained, Freedom Evolves, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, and Breaking the Spell. He has also won notoriety for being one the "Four Horsemen of New Atheism", along with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris. Today I will talk to Dennett about his recent memoir I’ve Been Thinking, his views on consciousness, free will, religion, the importance of evolution, as well as philosophy it...
2023-11-15
1h 21
How I Learned to Love Shrimp
Cameron Meyer Shorb making the case for wild animals and why we should care about their suffering.
Cameron is the executive director of Wild Animal Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of animals by accelerating the growth of wild animal welfare science.In this episode Cameron helps us to understand the vast topic of wild animal suffering. Cameron makes the compelling case for why we should invest resources into understanding how we can reduce wild animal suffering responsibly with data-backed interventions, improving the overall well-being of wild animals. We talk through the importance of Wild Animal Initiative’s research in this area, their grant-making arm which is enabling the research fie...
2023-11-02
1h 29
Converging Dialogues
#275 - Animal Consciousness: A Dialogue with Walter Veit
In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Walter Veit about animal consciousness. They talk about various frameworks for understanding consciousness, the naturalist approach, cognitive ethology, and pathological complexity thesis. They discuss consciousness arising in the Cambrian period, defining consciousness, free will, consciousness profile, Integrated Information Theory, interacting with animals, and many more topics. Walter Veit is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Reading. He is also the Director of the PPE Program and the Philosophy MA Program. He is also an external member of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at the University...
2023-11-02
1h 46
Sentientism
158: "A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness" - Walter Veit - Sentientism
Walter is an inter-disciplinary philosopher. He works primarily on the Philosophy of Cognitive and Biological Sciences, the Philosophy of Mind, Applied Ethics and particularly in the intersections of those fields. Much of his recent work has focused on animal minds, welfare, and ethics, as well as evolution. His new book ‘A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness‘ integrates this research into a coherent whole. It is being launched today (16th June) with Routledge. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “who matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentie...
2023-06-16
1h 50
HÖRWÄRTS, der Podcast der Österreichischen Hoteliervereinigung
Grenzen überschreiten
Die Nachwehen der Pandemie, der Mitarbeiter:innenmangel, die Digitalisierung – die Herausforderungen für die Tourismusbranche im deutschsprachigen Raum gleichen einander bis ins Detail. Hat die Politik in den Nachbarstaaten andere Antworten auf die brennendsten Fragen des österreichischen Tourismus – und kann man sich da vielleicht etwas abschauen. #hörwärts hat nachgefragt bei Otto Lindner, Vorsitzender des Vorstandes des Hotelverbandes Deutschland Manfred Pinzger, Präsident des Südtiroler Hotel- und Gastwirteverbands Andreas Züllig, Präsident der hotelleriesuisse und natürlich Walter Veit, dem Präsidenten der Österreichischen Hoteliervereinigung: Hört rein, es zahlt sich aus!
2023-06-06
15 min
ePODstemology
What animals can teach us about consciousness
Mark is joined by Heather Browning from the London School of Economics and Walter Veit from the University of Sydney who their ideas regarding the nature of consciousness, what we can learn about consciousness from animal studies, and the implications for animal welfare. Should we think of consciousness as some special property unique to human minds, or is it in fact merely a particular high degree of sentience? If it's the later, then cephalopods seem curious, honeybees are capable of solving complex optimisation problems, and fish have split brains similar to those of conscious humans whose left and right...
2022-06-18
1h 04
Pro und Contra
Angriffskrieg in Europa – Wie schützt sich Österreich?
Pro und Contra vom 10.05.2022 Der Krieg in der Ukraine markiert einen historischen Wendepunkt in Europas Nachkriegsordnung. Der Aggression des russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin tritt die EU bislang geschlossen mit Sanktionen entgegen. Diese trägt auch Österreich mit. Der Konflikt facht auch die Neutralitätsdebatte in Österreich erneut an. In einem offenen Brief wenden sich namhafte Persönlichkeiten rund um den Medienmanager Veit V. Dengler, den Militärexperten Walter Feichtinger und der Schriftstellerin Julya Rabinowich an die Bundesregierung und fordern eine neue Sicherheitsdoktrin. “Uns eint die Überzeugung, dass der der Status quo unserer Sicherheitspolitik nicht nur unhaltbar, sondern ge...
2022-05-11
50 min
Major Li Podcast
Li und der Schatz - Kapitel 20
Melanie Veit, Rostock, 6. Februar 2004Die Gegenüberstellung sollte gleich nach der Mittagspause in der Polizeiinspektion in der Ulmenstraße stattfinden. Melanie versuchte, die Zeit zu dehnen. Es gab eine Zeit, da hieß die Ulmenstraße noch Fiete-Schulze-Straße. Damals wurde sie der Adresse zugeführt, wie das im DDR-Jargon hieß. Ihr Vergehen: ein kleiner Aufnäher auf ihrem Shell-Parka mit einem Bibelspruch aus Micha 4. Wenige Jahre später war sie wieder dort und stellte auf dem Volkspolizeikreisamt, wie sich das Ungetüm seinerzeit nannte, ihren Ausreiseantrag. Ein gilbes A5-Kärtchen, auf dem man im Feld Ausreise einmalig an...
2022-04-16
28 min
Mission Improbable: Against All Odds
Pilot: Fritz Klingenberg and The Fall of Belgrade 1941
When a handful of soldiers conquer an entire capital city by themselves. Times: Context - 0:26 Battle - 4:16 Klingenberg - 7:25 Takeaway - 13:47 Sources: Chant, Christopher. (1986). The Encyclopedia of Codenames of World War II. London: Routledge, pp. 17-20, ISBN 978-0-415-71087-9. Edwards, Robert J. (2015). Tip of the Spear: German Armored Reconnaissance in Action in World War II. Stackpole Books. p. 172, 173–174 Flaherty, T. H. (2004) [1988]. The Third Reich: The SS. Time-Life, pp. 162-163, ISBN 1-84447-073-3. Heaton, C. D. (2016) [1988]. Invasion of Yugoslavia: Waffen SS captain Fritz Klingenberg and th...
2022-01-21
18 min
Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren
#34 - Sentience, with Walter Veit, Dennis Hackethal, and Matt Guttman
Christofer, Walter Veit, Dennis Hackethal, and Matt Guttman speak about whether animals are sentient in this episode of Do Explain. Walter argues "yes", Dennis argues "no" and Matt argues that the hard problem really is hard. They discuss the difference between sentience and consciousness, the special way humans learn, consciousness as a binary jump vs. gradually evolving, animals as mere robots, information processing and computation, the hard problem of consciousness, anthropomorphism, panpsychism, different animal behaviors, and other related topics.Walter Veit is a theoretical scientist and philosopher with interests stretching widely across science and philosophy...
2021-11-01
2h 22
Tent Talks
50. Naturalizing Consciousness (with Dr. Walter Veit)
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Walter Veit about the science and philosophy of consciousness. Walter is an interdisciplinary scientist and philosopher who is currently completing his PhD dissertation at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published on a wide range of topics, including the topic of animal consciousness and animal welfare, cognitive and genetic enhancement, nihilism, model pluralism, and other issues in evolutionary biology, the philosophy of science, and applied ethics. Here I speak with Walter about his PhD thesis which explores the evolutionary origins of consciousness and how different dimensions of...
2021-04-25
1h 34
Tent Talks
50. Naturalizing Consciousness (with Dr. Walter Veit)
In this episode of Tent Talks, I speak with Walter Veit about the science and philosophy of consciousness. Walter is an interdisciplinary scientist and philosopher who is currently completing his PhD dissertation at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published on a wide range of topics, including the topic of animal consciousness and animal welfare, cognitive and genetic enhancement, nihilism, model pluralism, and other issues in evolutionary biology, the philosophy of science, and applied ethics. Here I speak with Walter about his PhD thesis which explores the evolutionary origins of consciousness and how different dimensions of...
2021-04-25
1h 34
Sentientism
48: "Maybe moral systems are harmful! Like religion they are used to divide us." - Walter Veit - philosopher, scientist and sentientist - Sentientist Conversation
Walter (https://twitter.com/wrwveit & https://walterveit.com/) is an interdisciplinary scientist, philosopher & writer focusing on biology, minds & ethics. He publishes the ‘Science & Philosophy‘ series on Psychology Today & Medium. In these Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what’s real?” & “what matters?" Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." Our conversation is also here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xxSGItuaSn4. We discuss: - Defending Descartes, as a child! - Studying philosophy, politics, economics & science - Writing a PhD on the philosophy of conscious...
2021-04-20
1h 27
Philosophy Exchange Podcast
PX and PhD Research - Walter Veit: "Model Diversity and the Embarrassment of the Riches"
In this new series, we interview PhD students and young academics about a recently published papers. In today's episode Jakob interviews University of Sydney's Walter Veit on his paper "Model Diversity and the Embarrassment of the Riches". Using the discussion on model pluralism in economics which followed Dani Rodrik‘s "Economics Rules", he argues that model pluralism as a thesis about the relationship between science and nature undermines the very idea of a general model selection framework for policy making. The paper can be found under: https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2021.1898660
2021-04-14
16 min
Horch! Sprechkontakt mit Neuer Musik
H022 Kontraste Live!
Was muss man wissen, um zeitgenössische Musik gerne zu haben? Wir näheren uns Kontrasten gemeinsam mit dem Publikum. Live aus dem Landwirtshaus “zum Haiderwirt” in St. Veit / Innkreis. Live aus dem Landwirtshaus “zum Haiderwirt” in St. Veit / Innkreis Shownotizen: Episode 022 Horch! Live Kontrastprogramm Sprechkontakt mit Neuer Musik und Frühstücksbegleitung beim Haiderwirt in St.Veit, O.Ö. Sonntag 28.April 2018 10:00 Uh Begrüßung Publikum und Preshow Dankeschön an die Gastgeber Stephanie und Herbert Burgstaller Elisabeth stellt sich und Ihr Instrumentarium mit ku...
2019-05-18
1h 32
The NonSequitur Show
Genetic Engineering: Dr. Sy Garte & Walter Veit
Genetic engineering, the artificial manipulation, modification, and recombination of DNA or other nucleic acid molecules in order to modify an organism or population of organisms. -Dr. Sy Garte earned his Ph.D.in biochemistry and BS in Chemistry from the City University of New York. He has been a Professor of Public Health and Environmental Health Sciences at New York University, Rutgers University, and the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to over 200 scientific publications in genetics, molecular epidemiology, cancer research and other areas, Dr. Garte is the author of four books, and of articles in Perspectives in Science and Christian...
2018-06-23
1h 23
The NonSequitur Show
Genetic Engineering: Dr. Sy Garte & Walter Veit
Genetic engineering, the artificial manipulation, modification, and recombination of DNA or other nucleic acid molecules in order to modify an organism or population of organisms. -Dr. Sy Garte earned his Ph.D.in biochemistry and BS in Chemistry from the City University of New York. He has been a Professor of Public Health and Environmental Health Sciences at New York University, Rutgers University, and the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to over 200 scientific publications in genetics, molecular epidemiology, cancer research and other areas, Dr. Garte is the author of four books, and of articles in Perspectives in Science and Christian...
2018-06-22
1h 23