Animals and Objectivity

In John J. Callanan & Lucy Allais, Kant and Animals. New York, NY, United States of America: Oxford University Press. pp. 42-65 (2020)
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Starting from the assumption that Kant allows for the possible existence of conscious sensory states in non-rational animals, I examine the textual and philosophical grounds for his acceptance of the possibility that such states are also 'objective'. I elucidate different senses of what might be meant in crediting a cognitive state as objective. I then put forward and defend an interpretation according to which the cognitive states of animals, though extremely limited on Kant's view, are nevertheless minimally objective.

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Colin McLear
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