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Sentience

Sentience is the ability to experience feelings and sensations. It may not necessarily imply higher cognitive functions such as awareness, reasoning, or complex thought processes. Some theorists define sentience exclusively as the capacity for valenced (positive or negative) mental experiences, such as pain and pleasure.

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Sentience in philosophy

Eastern religions

Animal welfare, rights, and sentience

Digital sentience

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Sentience

Nodes105
Edges104
Triples115
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019048
Components1

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Sentience

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related to Further reading · 48
Sentience → AI, An Introduction, Austen Clark, Authors, Birch, Book, Buddha's View, Buddhist Studies, CanadaBentham, Compassion, Connecticut, Consciousness, Founder, Heart, Hive Mind, Humans, Is, Jeremy, Jonathan, Legislation
related to Animal welfare, rights, and sentience · 14
Sentience → An Introduction, Animal, Bentham, Can, Earthlings, For, In David Chalmer's, Jeremy Bentham, Legislation, Morals, Principles, Richard, Ryder, The
related to Eastern religions · 13
Sentience → Buddhism, Eastern, Hinduism, In Jainism, It, Jainism, Sanskrit, Saṃsāra, Sikhism, Some, The, There, Water
related to Digital sentience · 9
Sentience → AI, Digital, Indeed, Individual, Peter Norvig, Stuart Russell, The, The AI, We
related to Sentience in philosophy · 6
Sentience → According, Antonio Damasio, In, Latin, The, These
related to Sentient animals · 6
Sentience → Animals, Historically, Jennifer Jacquet, The, Their, There
related to Sentience quotient · 5
Sentience → Freitas Jr, It, On, Robert, The
is a · 4
Sentience → ability to experience feelings and sensations, important concept in ethics, matter of degree, minimalistic way of defining consciousness
see also · 1
Sentience → BlindsightBinding

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Sentienceis aability to experience feelings and sensations0.90text
Sentienceis aimportant concept in ethics0.90text
Sentienceis aminimalistic way of defining consciousness0.90text
Sentienceis amatter of degree0.90text
awarenessinstance ofIt may not necessarily imply higher cognitive functions0.80text
reasoninginstance ofIt may not necessarily imply higher cognitive functions0.80text
or complex thought processesinstance ofIt may not necessarily imply higher cognitive functions0.80text
pigsinstance ofSentient animalsAnimals0.80text
chickensinstance ofSentient animalsAnimals0.80text
and fish are typically recognized as sentientinstance ofSentient animalsAnimals0.80text
fishinstance ofnow including animals0.80text
lobstersinstance ofnow including animals0.80text

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