Wandile Ganya
Biographic Data
| ID | 6298482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wandile Ganya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wandile |
| FAMILY NAME | Ganya |
| SIGNATURE | GANYA W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4042-0670 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The credence of statistical generalisations should not categorically license outright rational belief
Non-human animal ethics and the problem of ontological kinds
In this article, I consider the implications arising from the commonplace premise that the nature of being admits in ontological kinds. That is, there are actual, fundamentally different genera of being in the world, namely human and non-human beings. That for entities to be considered suitable for valuation under the same ethical rubric, it must be assumed that the general character of their mental states is commensurate. However, if we accent t…
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The credence of statistical generalisations should not categorically license outright rational belief
Non-human animal ethics and the problem of ontological kinds
In this article, I consider the implications arising from the commonplace premise that the nature of being admits in ontological kinds. That is, there are actual, fundamentally different genera of being in the world, namely human and non-human beings. That for entities to be considered suitable for valuation under the same ethical rubric, it must be assumed that the general character of their mental states is commensurate. However, if we accent t…
Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (2 works) · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies (1 work) · Animal ethics (1 work) · Credence (1 work) · Econometrics (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Environmental ethics (1 work) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (1 work)