What we can learn from animals about death and mortality

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Susana Monsó chats with Ars about her new book, Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death.

"And personally, I was turning 30 at the time and became a little bit obsessed with death. So I wanted to think a lot about death and maybe come to fear it less through philosophical reflection on it".

"I could see that there was a new discipline that was emerging that was very much in need of a philosophical approach to help it clarify its main concepts," she told Ars.

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Author / Journalist: Jennifer Ouellette

Category: Technology

Markets: United StatesOmanSpain

Topics: Philosophy Comparative psychology Animal cognition Comparative thanatology Animal behavior Behavioral science Science Books Animals

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Published On: 2024-10-16 @ 11:15:16 (10 hours ago)

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