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Mark Rowlands

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Mark Rowlands is a writer and philosopher. He is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Miami and the author of several books on the philosophy of mind, the moral status of non-human animals, and cultural criticism. He is known within academic philosophy for his work on the animal mind and is one of the principal architects of the view known as vehicle externalism, or the extended mind, the view that thoughts, memories, desires and beliefs can be stored outside the brain and the skull. His books include Animal Rights, The Body in Mind, The Nature of Consciousness, Animals Like Us, The Happiness of Dogs and a personal memoir, The Philosopher and the Wolf. His latest book is The Word of Dog.

Mark is vegan and has a sentiocentric moral scope. He has a naturalistic worldview.

Mark at the University of Miami
Mark on PhilPapers
Mark on Wikipedia

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Screen shot of the Contents page of the draft book "Everything and Everyone". Sections are: Seeing clearly, Caring wisely, Sentience, Obstacles and Calibration, Sentientism and its neighbours, In practice - building a better future.

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