Dr. Walter Veit

FarmKind is Matching 50% of all Donations to Improve Shrimp Welfare Even $1 can improve the lives of 2,250 shrimp

Help shrimp now! :)
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Love the cute message you get by donating to FarmKind

FarmKind is Matching 50% of all Donations to Improve Shrimp Welfare Even $1 can improve the lives of 2,250 shrimp

Consider helping shrimp!
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The translation rights for our book into Chinese have been sold!

Gave a talk yesterday to Reading's new effective altruism group.

In Osaka meeting the first fish to have been shown to possess self-awareness in mirror experiments!

Next week's lecture :)

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)

The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes.

She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

The University of Glasgow groundspeople are going to be quite annoyed when they come in to work tomorrow...

Book cover of “Modelling Evolution” by Walter Veit, in the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Biology series. Against a black background, the title is surrounded by Ernst Haeckel’s illustrations of marine organisms—radial, symmetrical forms in vivid blues, oranges, reds, and greens.

New Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—free to download until October 6! Walter Veit examines the role of models in evolutionary biology: their types, testability, and interrelations 👇📕 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #philsci #HPBio #evobio

Modelling Evolution Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Modelling Evolution

My new book 'Modelling Evolution' is now published! Please share. Available for free download for 2 weeks with this link: www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Last week @walterveit.bsky.social and I found a little wood pigeon nestling who'd come out of his nest. We were able to care for him at home for a couple of days and he's now safely with a wildlife rescue for his rehabilitation and eventual release 🐦❤️

Followed in the footsteps of Ancient philosophers and completed a 7 day water only fast (178 hours).

Longtermism and Animals Abstract. Work on longtermism has so far primarily focused on the existence and wellbeing of future humans, without corresponding consideration of animal w

New book chapter out with @walterveit.bsky.social, arguing that animals should still be important even from a longtermist perspective
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Now published open access!!

Browning, Heather, and Walter Veit, 'Longtermism and Animals', in Hilary Greaves, Jacob Barrett, and David Thorstad (eds), Essays on Longtermism: Present Action for the Distant Future doi.org/10.1093/9780...

Small announcement: my third book "Modelling Evolution" has been accepted for publication with CUP. 😊

New podcast out! @walterveit.bsky.social and I talk with Kyle Johannsen about our book 'What Are Zoos For?'
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If you're an animal lover and haven't bought @zoophilosophy.bsky.social & @walterveit.bsky.social book yet, you need to. Their book “What are Zoos For?” is filled with info that can help you debate, discuss and inform others more confidently.
#philsky #animalrights #science

Self-Awareness and Personhood in Non-Human Animals Beyond simple consciousness or sentience, some non-human animals may possess more sophisticated cognitive abilities linked to capacities for self-awareness or even personhood, capacities that may infl...

New paper: Self-Awareness and Personhood in Non-Human Animals
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The Role of Emotional Suffering in the Animal Kingdom This chapter considers a special version of the problem of animal suffering. While attempts have been made to explain the existence of pain in a theistic worldview, little attention has been paid to o...

New paper published :) "The Role of Emotional Suffering in the Animal Kingdom" link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Talked about my research for a kids science radio :)
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📖 NEW BOOK REVIEW 📖

Check out the latest book review published in Animal Welfare:

What Are Zoos For? By Heather Browning and Walter Veit. Reviewed by Lisa Riley.

🔗 Read the full review here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#AnimalWelfare #AnimalWelfareScience

I have a new short paper out today, commenting on Walter Veit's (excellent) 2023 book on animal consciousness. Open access. doi.org/10.1177/1059...

Fantastic report from the Humane Slaughter Association on how to transition to humane slaughter for wild-caught fish (of which *trillions* are caught and killed annually)
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BBC Radio Berkshire - Kirsten O'Brien, 20/06/2025 Stories to make you smile, great music and updates for your mid-morning with Kirsten.

Made an appearance on a BBC radio station :)
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Adaptive Behavior - Volume 33, Number 3 Table of contents for Adaptive Behavior, 33, 3

Special issue on my book is now online: journals.sagepub.com/toc/adba/33/3

#45 - Scaffolding Natural Selection (Part 1) This episode is on the following article, which you can access below:

New podcast episode :)
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Looks like I'll be in Latvia for a workshop in Riga next month. :)

My comment on the assisted dying bill
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