Persistent Affections: Episodic Memory and Animal Ethics
Based on a naturalistic philosophical methodology, this article proposes two features of episodic memory that are relevant for thinking about some issues in animal ethics: (1) the reconstructive character of affectively charged past events, and (2) the narrative character and autonoethical awareness...
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| description | Based on a naturalistic philosophical methodology, this article proposes two features of episodic memory that are relevant for thinking about some issues in animal ethics: (1) the reconstructive character of affectively charged past events, and (2) the narrative character and autonoethical awareness of episodic memory. Regarding the first issue, we briefly review the current debate over evidence that some animals have internally triggered experiences of hedonic valence and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. We then explore some of the implications of this trait for animal welfare in intensive production systems. Next, we review the debate on the second issue and demonstrate the role that the properties of episodic memory have played in the attribution of personhood in the philosophical tradition, along with more deflated conceptions of these capacities, understood as a psychological unity or continuity. The final section argues that these contemporary conceptions, which link certain features of memory to psychological unity, allow for the attribution of personhood to nonhuman animals. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-422582024-07-20T03:52:57Z Persistent Affections: Episodic Memory and Animal Ethics Afecciones que persisten: memoria episódica y ética animal Corda, Gabriel Marte, Fernando Memoria episodica experiencias impulsadas internamente con valencia hedónica trastorno de estrés post traumático bienestar animal Persona episodic memory internally triggered experiences of hedonic valence post-traumatic stress disorder animal welfare personhood Based on a naturalistic philosophical methodology, this article proposes two features of episodic memory that are relevant for thinking about some issues in animal ethics: (1) the reconstructive character of affectively charged past events, and (2) the narrative character and autonoethical awareness of episodic memory. Regarding the first issue, we briefly review the current debate over evidence that some animals have internally triggered experiences of hedonic valence and suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. We then explore some of the implications of this trait for animal welfare in intensive production systems. Next, we review the debate on the second issue and demonstrate the role that the properties of episodic memory have played in the attribution of personhood in the philosophical tradition, along with more deflated conceptions of these capacities, understood as a psychological unity or continuity. The final section argues that these contemporary conceptions, which link certain features of memory to psychological unity, allow for the attribution of personhood to nonhuman animals. A partir de una metodología filosófica naturalista, el presente artículo propone dos rasgos de la memoria episódica que resultan relevantes para pensar algunos tópicos de la ética animal: (1) el carácter reconstructivo de eventos pasados cargados afectivamente y (2) el carácter narrativo y la conciencia autonoética de la memoria episódica. Respecto del primero, se reseña brevemente el debate actual en torno a la evidencia de que algunos animales presentan experiencias impulsadas internamente con valencia hedónica y padecen trastorno de estrés postraumático. Luego, se exploran algunas consecuencias que tendría esta propiedad a la hora de considerar el bienestar de los animales en sistemas de producción intensivos. A continuación, se reseña el debate vinculado con el segundo rasgo y se evidencia el rol que estas propiedades de la memoria episódica han cumplido en la atribución del carácter de persona en la tradición filosófica, junto a las concepciones más deflacionadas de estas capacidades, entendida como unidad o continuidad psicológica. En la última sección se argumenta que estas concepciones contemporáneas, que vinculan ciertas notas de la memoria con la unidad psicológica, permiten atribuir el carácter personal a animales no humanos. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2024-07-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículos revisados por pares application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/42258 10.55441/1668.7515.n33.42258 Astrolabio; No. 33 (2024): July - December: Towards the End of Human Exceptionality: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on the Animal Question; 134-158 Astrolabio; Núm. 33 (2024): Julio - Diciembre: Hacia el fin de la excepcionalidad humana: miradas multidisciplinarias sobre la cuestión animal; 134-158 Astrolabio; n. 33 (2024): Julho a dezembro: Rumo ao fim da excepcionalidade humana: perspectivas multidisciplinares sobre a questão animal; 134-158 1668-7515 10.55441/1668.7515.n33 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/42258/45786 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/42258/45803 Derechos de autor 2024 Gabriel Corda, Fernando Marte https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Memoria episodica experiencias impulsadas internamente con valencia hedónica trastorno de estrés post traumático bienestar animal Persona episodic memory internally triggered experiences of hedonic valence post-traumatic stress disorder animal welfare personhood Corda, Gabriel Marte, Fernando Persistent Affections: Episodic Memory and Animal Ethics |
| title | Persistent Affections: Episodic Memory and Animal Ethics |
| title_alt | Afecciones que persisten: memoria episódica y ética animal |
| title_full | Persistent Affections: Episodic Memory and Animal Ethics |
| title_fullStr | Persistent Affections: Episodic Memory and Animal Ethics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Persistent Affections: Episodic Memory and Animal Ethics |
| title_short | Persistent Affections: Episodic Memory and Animal Ethics |
| title_sort | persistent affections episodic memory and animal ethics |
| topic | Memoria episodica experiencias impulsadas internamente con valencia hedónica trastorno de estrés post traumático bienestar animal Persona episodic memory internally triggered experiences of hedonic valence post-traumatic stress disorder animal welfare personhood |
| topic_facet | Memoria episodica experiencias impulsadas internamente con valencia hedónica trastorno de estrés post traumático bienestar animal Persona episodic memory internally triggered experiences of hedonic valence post-traumatic stress disorder animal welfare personhood |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/astrolabio/article/view/42258 |
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