Josep Gasol
@josepgasol.com
Philosopher | PhD student at University of Pardubice 🇨🇿 | #firstgen | Doing research on philosophy of animal mind and its intersection with applied ethics. 🐳🧠🐝🦑🌱
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Clicked the link expecting a hefty price tag and I was delighted to see that the paperback is only 36 euro with the discount!
If I've done my sums right, the book is available to pre-order on Tuesday, and Tuesday is also the final day of Routledge's 'Black Friday' sale which means everything is 25% off. So if anyone was thinking about pre-ordering, Tuesday might be a good day for it.
Epistemic Injustice: An Introduction
Epistemic injustice is one of the most important yet complex subjects to have emerged in philosophy in recent years. It refers to the idea that a person can be wronged when they are not properly belie...
www.routledge.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Clicked the link expecting a hefty price tag and I was delighted to see that the paperback is only 36 euro with the discount!
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✨️Call for abstracts✨️
Excited to be organizing together with @leonarddung.bsky.social, @birchlse.bsky.social and Albert Newen the RUB-LSE joint workshop
"Animal Minds: New Theories and New Observations"
Bochum 9-10 Feb 2026
Join us! 🦧🐦🐙🐀🐬🦀🐜
Abstracts due 1 Dec 2025
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Excited to be organizing together with @leonarddung.bsky.social, @birchlse.bsky.social and Albert Newen the RUB-LSE joint workshop
"Animal Minds: New Theories and New Observations"
Bochum 9-10 Feb 2026
Join us! 🦧🐦🐙🐀🐬🦀🐜
Abstracts due 1 Dec 2025
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Ruhr-University Bochum & London School of Economics joint workshop “Animal Minds: New Theories and New Observations”
The following speakers are confirmed: Colin Allen, Kristin Andrews, Jonathan Birch, Tomer Czaczkes, Rebecca Dreier, Leonard Dung, Albert Newen, Simone Pika, Sanja Sreckovic, and Daria Zakharova.
philevents.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
✨️Call for abstracts✨️
Excited to be organizing together with @leonarddung.bsky.social, @birchlse.bsky.social and Albert Newen the RUB-LSE joint workshop
"Animal Minds: New Theories and New Observations"
Bochum 9-10 Feb 2026
Join us! 🦧🐦🐙🐀🐬🦀🐜
Abstracts due 1 Dec 2025
philevents.org/event/show/1...
Excited to be organizing together with @leonarddung.bsky.social, @birchlse.bsky.social and Albert Newen the RUB-LSE joint workshop
"Animal Minds: New Theories and New Observations"
Bochum 9-10 Feb 2026
Join us! 🦧🐦🐙🐀🐬🦀🐜
Abstracts due 1 Dec 2025
philevents.org/event/show/1...
I've had more snow in one week than in the rest of my life ❄️☃️
📍Pardubice
📍Pardubice
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I've had more snow in one week than in the rest of my life ❄️☃️
📍Pardubice
📍Pardubice
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Don't miss this new @vox.com project that uncovers the rapidly changing world of fish farming.
Stories from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social + team challenge everything you think you know about the billions of aquatic animals that shape our planet’s future:
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Stories from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social + team challenge everything you think you know about the billions of aquatic animals that shape our planet’s future:
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Eating the Ocean
How underwater factory farms are reshaping our food system.
www.vox.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Don't miss this new @vox.com project that uncovers the rapidly changing world of fish farming.
Stories from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social + team challenge everything you think you know about the billions of aquatic animals that shape our planet’s future:
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Stories from @mbolotnikova.bsky.social + team challenge everything you think you know about the billions of aquatic animals that shape our planet’s future:
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Peter D Carter: Humanity faces its ultimate challenge due to its failure so far in addressing the escalating risks, which are pushing the world into a deepening crisis.
(1) Rapid phase-out of fossil fuels
(2) Transformation of food system from net carbon source
(1) Rapid phase-out of fossil fuels
(2) Transformation of food system from net carbon source
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Peter D Carter: Humanity faces its ultimate challenge due to its failure so far in addressing the escalating risks, which are pushing the world into a deepening crisis.
(1) Rapid phase-out of fossil fuels
(2) Transformation of food system from net carbon source
(1) Rapid phase-out of fossil fuels
(2) Transformation of food system from net carbon source
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1/14 Evidence of visual awareness in insects
Some have argued that insects behave like small robots without consciousness. In this article (mostly focusing on bees), evidence is gathered to show that they have subjective experience.
(paper) www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Some have argued that insects behave like small robots without consciousness. In this article (mostly focusing on bees), evidence is gathered to show that they have subjective experience.
(paper) www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
1/14 Evidence of visual awareness in insects
Some have argued that insects behave like small robots without consciousness. In this article (mostly focusing on bees), evidence is gathered to show that they have subjective experience.
(paper) www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Some have argued that insects behave like small robots without consciousness. In this article (mostly focusing on bees), evidence is gathered to show that they have subjective experience.
(paper) www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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Is this wolf using a tool to get a seafood snack? Or does it not count, because the animal didn't construct the trap itself? @phiejacobs.bsky.social dives into that debate, plus more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Is this wolf using a tool to get a seafood snack? Or does it not count, because the animal didn't construct the trap itself? @phiejacobs.bsky.social dives into that debate, plus more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
In how many ways can this be wrong? Not only disgusting, but unnecessary and of course immoral! Why can't we leave animals alone?
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In how many ways can this be wrong? Not only disgusting, but unnecessary and of course immoral! Why can't we leave animals alone?
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💋 Kissing is unhygienic and has no obvious reproductive benefits - but it evolved ~21 million years ago, and stuck with most great apes until today.
🧪 In fact, paper by @matildabrindle.bsky.social shows that Neanderthals and humans probably kissed each other.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪 In fact, paper by @matildabrindle.bsky.social shows that Neanderthals and humans probably kissed each other.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
💋 Kissing is unhygienic and has no obvious reproductive benefits - but it evolved ~21 million years ago, and stuck with most great apes until today.
🧪 In fact, paper by @matildabrindle.bsky.social shows that Neanderthals and humans probably kissed each other.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧪 In fact, paper by @matildabrindle.bsky.social shows that Neanderthals and humans probably kissed each other.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🔥Segunda sesión del Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS 25/26. Alejandro Di Rienzo (@dirienzo.bsky.social)(USC) presenta “Mereología musical”, con comentario a cargo de Ramon Carnota (UNED).
Más info 👉 blogs.uned.es/metis/alejan...
Más info 👉 blogs.uned.es/metis/alejan...
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🔥Segunda sesión del Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS 25/26. Alejandro Di Rienzo (@dirienzo.bsky.social)(USC) presenta “Mereología musical”, con comentario a cargo de Ramon Carnota (UNED).
Más info 👉 blogs.uned.es/metis/alejan...
Más info 👉 blogs.uned.es/metis/alejan...
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The intelligence of slime mold is that of its materials
All of Physarum's intelligent behaviors can be explained by physics, as in non-living materials (e.g., water following the path of least resistance), and do not require a representation of the problem.
(preprint) arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
All of Physarum's intelligent behaviors can be explained by physics, as in non-living materials (e.g., water following the path of least resistance), and do not require a representation of the problem.
(preprint) arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The intelligence of slime mold is that of its materials
All of Physarum's intelligent behaviors can be explained by physics, as in non-living materials (e.g., water following the path of least resistance), and do not require a representation of the problem.
(preprint) arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
All of Physarum's intelligent behaviors can be explained by physics, as in non-living materials (e.g., water following the path of least resistance), and do not require a representation of the problem.
(preprint) arxiv.org/pdf/2511.08531
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Our special issue on Evolutionary Functions of Consciousness, coedited with Tecumseh Fitch and Adina Roskies, now online royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Contributions by (1) Irina Mikhalevich; (2) Eva Jablonka and Simona Ginsburg; (3) Nicholas Humphrey; (cont'd)
Contributions by (1) Irina Mikhalevich; (2) Eva Jablonka and Simona Ginsburg; (3) Nicholas Humphrey; (cont'd)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1939
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Our special issue on Evolutionary Functions of Consciousness, coedited with Tecumseh Fitch and Adina Roskies, now online royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
Contributions by (1) Irina Mikhalevich; (2) Eva Jablonka and Simona Ginsburg; (3) Nicholas Humphrey; (cont'd)
Contributions by (1) Irina Mikhalevich; (2) Eva Jablonka and Simona Ginsburg; (3) Nicholas Humphrey; (cont'd)
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I set out to write a story about the practical ills of salmon farming (and I did), but also found an even bigger story kinda hidden in plain sight: How humanity is speedrunning the domestication of hundreds of aquatic species, and what it means for them.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I set out to write a story about the practical ills of salmon farming (and I did), but also found an even bigger story kinda hidden in plain sight: How humanity is speedrunning the domestication of hundreds of aquatic species, and what it means for them.
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Wikie and Keijo, a mother and son who have been left abandoned in a grimy theme park tank, have been found dead.
The two orcas were abandoned and left to suffer at the closed Marineland Antibes park in France.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
The two orcas were abandoned and left to suffer at the closed Marineland Antibes park in France.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
Two orcas appear dead in filthy tank - when they see drone it's even more tragic
Concerns are growing for orcas Wikie and Keijo, a mother and son duo left abandoned in a grimy them park tank, with haunting footage of their lonely fate reducing animal lovers to tears
www.mirror.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wikie and Keijo, a mother and son who have been left abandoned in a grimy theme park tank, have been found dead.
The two orcas were abandoned and left to suffer at the closed Marineland Antibes park in France.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
The two orcas were abandoned and left to suffer at the closed Marineland Antibes park in France.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...
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No, they really haven't. Calling spectral peaks vowels is as inane as saying that because my washing up gloves are also yellow, they have the same nutritional content as a banana. Zero evidence of vowel-like function. It's pure clickbait, and a new low in irresponsible claims from this group 🙄🐳🦑🧪
CETI scientists have discovered vowel and diphthong-like patterns in sperm whale communication! Read: bit.ly/3WSn9rc
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva & Shane Gero.
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, @umich.edu, @carleton.ca, @csail.mit.edu
Animation: Meghan Fenske
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
No, they really haven't. Calling spectral peaks vowels is as inane as saying that because my washing up gloves are also yellow, they have the same nutritional content as a banana. Zero evidence of vowel-like function. It's pure clickbait, and a new low in irresponsible claims from this group 🙄🐳🦑🧪
Today I presented my research proposal at the PhD seminar; very pleased with all the comments and questions to continue improving and trying to iterate this first draft. #philosophy #philsky
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Today I presented my research proposal at the PhD seminar; very pleased with all the comments and questions to continue improving and trying to iterate this first draft. #philosophy #philsky
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1/7 Vocal mimicry, robots, and music
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
1/7 Vocal mimicry, robots, and music
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Which animals do you co-construct behaviours with? Read our new paper and get inspired! @anthrofuentes.bsky.social Thank you to @carlsbergfondet.dk, @aiasdk.bsky.social and the John F. Templeton Foundation
Great new paper by @mfhansen.bsky.social and Agustin Fuentes on human-macaque co-existence link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Human-macaque Co-construction of Behaviours: Sharing Spaces, Sharing Food, Sharing Lives - International Journal of Primatology
Humans and other-than-human-animals (animals) share spaces, food, and lives. This gives rise to possibilities of interspecific learning, social facilitation and interspecific communication, and the po...
link.springer.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Which animals do you co-construct behaviours with? Read our new paper and get inspired! @anthrofuentes.bsky.social Thank you to @carlsbergfondet.dk, @aiasdk.bsky.social and the John F. Templeton Foundation
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1/2 Lethal violence in bonobos
On February 18, five females fatally beat a male at the LuiKotale Bonobo Project (Congo). The authors believe this may have been due to a minor attack on a baby two days earlier. The details are horrific.
(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
On February 18, five females fatally beat a male at the LuiKotale Bonobo Project (Congo). The authors believe this may have been due to a minor attack on a baby two days earlier. The details are horrific.
(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
1/2 Lethal violence in bonobos
On February 18, five females fatally beat a male at the LuiKotale Bonobo Project (Congo). The authors believe this may have been due to a minor attack on a baby two days earlier. The details are horrific.
(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
On February 18, five females fatally beat a male at the LuiKotale Bonobo Project (Congo). The authors believe this may have been due to a minor attack on a baby two days earlier. The details are horrific.
(paper) www.cell.com/current-biol...
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This is an interesting article that categorizes 350 theories of consciousness.
(blog) www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
And it works perfectly as an introduction to exploring the Closer to Truth website, where the topics are compiled and explained one by one.
(blog) loc.closertotruth.com/map
(blog) www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
And it works perfectly as an introduction to exploring the Closer to Truth website, where the topics are compiled and explained one by one.
(blog) loc.closertotruth.com/map
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This is an interesting article that categorizes 350 theories of consciousness.
(blog) www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
And it works perfectly as an introduction to exploring the Closer to Truth website, where the topics are compiled and explained one by one.
(blog) loc.closertotruth.com/map
(blog) www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
And it works perfectly as an introduction to exploring the Closer to Truth website, where the topics are compiled and explained one by one.
(blog) loc.closertotruth.com/map
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November 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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You've probably heard of deathbots, but did you know about break-up bots? It's possible to create a digital duplicates of an ex and chat to them as if they never left in the 1st place. In my forthcoming paper in Phenom & the Cog Sciences, I discuss 3 factors against continuing bonds w ex-bots/1
Pilar Lopez-Cantero, The ethics of break-up chatbots - PhilPapers
This paper offers the first normative analysis of break-up chatbots, which simulate an ex-partner's conversational style. I argue that technologies that have the (potential) aim of fostering continuin...
philpapers.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
You've probably heard of deathbots, but did you know about break-up bots? It's possible to create a digital duplicates of an ex and chat to them as if they never left in the 1st place. In my forthcoming paper in Phenom & the Cog Sciences, I discuss 3 factors against continuing bonds w ex-bots/1
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Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
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Kudos to my friend Troy Vettese for this important essay in Current Affairs--"The Left Has Failed Animals."
"Even among self-described 'ecosocialists,' the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lef...
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
"Even among self-described 'ecosocialists,' the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lef...
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
The Left Has Failed Animals
Even among self-described “ecosocialists,” the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought. We can, and must, do better.
www.currentaffairs.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Kudos to my friend Troy Vettese for this important essay in Current Affairs--"The Left Has Failed Animals."
"Even among self-described 'ecosocialists,' the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lef...
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
"Even among self-described 'ecosocialists,' the lives of animals are often treated as an afterthought."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-lef...
@currentaffairs.bsky.social
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Tao on the USA destroying what made it great - it’s universities
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Tao on the USA destroying what made it great - it’s universities