sentiences
States of feeling
Sentiences is the plural of sentience, the capacity for subjective experience—the ability to feel, perceive, or be conscious.
The word appears in philosophical and ethical discussions about which beings possess awareness: The varying sentiences of different species raise questions about animal rights.
It can also refer to distinct instances or types of conscious experience.
State of perceiving reality
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- mindsThinks or tends
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
perception · subjective experience · inner life · wakefulness · alertness · sapience · mental states · qualia
Innermost animating essence
- mind-bodyMental-physical relationship
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- philosophy of mindStudy of mental states
- DescartesCogito ergo sum's author
phenomenology · subjective experience · qualia · intentionality · mental causation · physicalism · Chalmers · first-person
Non-human health and treatment
- factory farmingIntensive livestock production system
- vivisectionSurgery on living animals
- animal rightsMoral claims for fauna
- species barrierLimit on interbreeding
Worth independent of circumstance
- personhoodStatus as a person
- dignityInnate personal worth
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- interestsWhat engages or benefits
exploitation · protection · liberation · speciesism · harm · flourishing · wellbeing · legal standing
Layered computational learning systems
- emergenceComing into existence
- Turing testAssessing machine intelligence conversationally
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- self-awarenessInsight into one's psyche
- mindsThinks or tends
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
cognition · perception · subjective experience · inner life · wakefulness · alertness · sapience · mental states · qualia · knowing
soul
Innermost animating essence
- mind-bodyMental-physical relationship
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
- philosophy of mindStudy of mental states
Descartes · phenomenology · subjective experience · qualia · intentionality · mental causation · physicalism · Chalmers · first-person · introspection
animal welfare
Non-human health and treatment
- factory farmingIntensive livestock production system
- vivisectionSurgery on living animals
- animal rightsMoral claims for fauna
species barrier · anthropomorphism · ethology · suffering · nervous systems
intrinsic value
Worth independent of circumstance
- personhoodStatus as a person
- dignityInnate personal worth
- welfareComfort and prosperity
interests · exploitation · protection · liberation · speciesism · harm · flourishing · wellbeing · legal standing · guardianship
neural networks
Layered computational learning systems
- emergenceComing into existence
- Turing testAssessing machine intelligence conversationally
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
sentiencesinsentience
Absence of consciousness
unconsciousness · insensibility · obliviousness · unawareness · senselessness
sentienceslifelessness
Quality of having no animation
inertness · deadness · thingness · mechanicalness · materiality