Ants Are Not Conscious - Open Journal of Philosophy

OJPP > Vol.3 No.1, February 2013

Open Journal of Philosophy

Volume 3, Issue 1 (February 2013)

ISSN Print: 2163-9434 ISSN Online: 2163-9442

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Ants Are Not Conscious ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojpp.2013.31001 5,135 Downloads 7,732 Views Citations

Author(s)

Russell K. Standish

Affiliation(s)

School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

ABSTRACT

Anthropic reasoning is a form of statistical reasoning based upon finding oneself a member of a particular reference class of conscious beings. By considering empirical distribution functions defined over animal life on Earth, we can deduce that the vast bulk of animal life is unlikely to be conscious.

KEYWORDS

Anthropic Reasoning; Consciousness; Damuth’s Law; Power Law

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Standish, R. (2013) Ants Are Not Conscious. Open Journal of Philosophy, 3, 1-4. doi: 10.4236/ojpp.2013.31001.

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