Watch Walter’s first Sentientist Conversation with me here and his second here (focused on “A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness”) or listen to the podcast versions (episodes 48 and 158) on Apple here or on other platforms here. Find his third Sentientism Conversation, along with his partner Heather Browning, on the Sentientism YouTube here and here on the Sentientism podcast.

Walter is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Philosophy at the University of Reading and an external member of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He works primarily in and at the intersections of (i) the Philosophy of Cognitive and Biological Sciences, (ii) the Philosophy of Mind, and (iii) Applied Ethics. Much of Walter’s recent writing has been on animal minds, welfare, and ethics, as well as evolution. His first monograph A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness integrating this research was published with Routledge. His partner Heather Browning is also a philosopher and a previous Sentientism guest. They recently published their first joint book What Are Zoos For?

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

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