Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading |
Most of my recent writing is on animal consciousness and welfare
Dr. Walter Veit
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Full paper by Cynthia Schuck-Paim & collaborators, including @piapereira.bsky.social & @walterveit.bsky.social
🏛️ Welfare Footprint Institute, NYU, University of Crete, @uniofreading.bsky.social, @bristoluni.bsky.social, & @royalvetcollege.bsky.social.
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Finally visited Jeremy Bentham's auto icon.
As a utilitarian that's almost a little pilgrimage.
www.reading.ac.uk/news/2026/Re...
We are excited to start sharing some of the speakers taking part in the UFAW Centenary Conference 2026.
Among them are two of this year's UFAW award recipients.
We look forward to sharing more speakers and programme highlights in the coming weeks.
🔗 https://ow.ly/305Q50YYZCP
#SciFAW100
After taking a year-long course, I've officially become a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 😊
Preparing slides
Does anyone have access to this paper?
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New paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper:
Veit, W. (2026). Valence, Mirror Self-Recognition, and the Gradualist Evolution of Consciousness. Philosophia. doi.org/10.1007/s114...
Consider making a small donation to support my animal welfare research at Reading 🦐🐄🐔🐖🐟
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Human brain organoids (HBOs) are three-dimensional structures derived from human stem cells that model aspects of brain development and function, offering potentially unprecedented opportunities for s...
Pain is not solely a function of tissue damage but can be strongly shaped by environmental context. Its perceived intensity, duration, and likelihood—the cor...
Philosophia - It is my pleasure to respond to three thoughtful commentaries on A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness in this issue (Veit 2023a). The commentaries by Pober (2025), as...
