Episode 245: Animal consciousness with Walter Veit

Dr Walter Veit is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Reading in the UK. His research concerns the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind, and applied ethics, and his books include Modelling Evolution and What Are Zoos For? , the latter co-authored with Heather Browning. On this episode, we discuss his 2023 book A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness , which was published by Routledge. This episode is proudly sponsored by the Animal Politics book series, from Sydney University Press.

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Episode 245: Animal consciousness with Walter Veit is an episode from Knowing Animals by Josh Milburn.

This episode is 36:48 long.

This episode was published on Jan 5, 2026.

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