Spiders as conscious-but-non-sentient candidates, recalls Godfrey-Smith
dioscuri · x · 2026-10-03
In a follow-up, the author recalls Peter Godfrey-Smith suggesting in class that if consciousness without sentience were possible, spiders might be a candidate — excellent perception but weak evidence for complex valenced behaviour. The anecdote extends the earlier point that perception and felt experience are distinct philosophical categories.
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