Publications by Type

Work in Progress

Books

Veit, W. (Under Contract). Modelling Evolution. Intended for Cambridge University Press’ Cambridge Elements in the Philosophy of Biology.

Browning, H. and Veit, W. (Under Contract). What Are Zoos For? Bristol University Press.

Papers

Browning, H. and Veit, W. (Under Review). Studying Introspection in Animals and AIs. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 30 (9):63-74.

Veit, W., Gascoigne, S.J.L., and Salguero-Gómez, R. (Under Review). Evolution, Complexity, and Life History Theory.

Veit, W. et al. (Under Review). Dimensions of Corvid Consciousness. [with Nicola Clayton’s Comparative Cognition Lab]

Veit, W. and Browning, H. (Under Review). Two Kinds of Conceptual Engineering.

Published or Forthcoming

Books

Veit, W. (forthcoming June 2023). A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness. New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/A-Philosophy-for-the-Science-of-Animal-Consciousness/Veit/p/book/9781032343617

Dissertation

Veit, W. (2022). Health, Agency, and the Evolution of Consciousness. Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29836

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Browning, H. and Veit, W. (2023). Studying animal feelings: Bringing together sentience research and welfare science. Journal of Consciousness Science. 30(7-8): 196-222.
https://doi.org/10.53765/20512201.30.7.196

Veit, W. (2023). Model Anarchism. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.23849

Browning, H. and Veit, W. (2023). The welfare of brain organoids. Molecular Psychology: Brain, Behavior, and Society. 2(4): 1-9
https://doi.org/10.12688/molpsychol.17523.1

Veit, W. (2023). Two Kinds of Biological Normativity. Teorema. 42(1), 77-100. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/8951311.pdf

Veit, W. (2023). Evolutionary Game Theory and Interdisciplinary Integration. Croatian Journal of Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.52685/cjp.23.67.2

Anomaly, J., Browning, H., Fleischman, D., and Veit, W. (2023). Flesh Without Blood: The Public Health Benefits of Lab‐Grown Meat. Bioethical Inquiry (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-023-10254-7

Browning, H. and Veit, W. (2023). Positive Wild Animal Welfare. Biology & Philosophy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-023-09901-5

Veit, W. (2023). Health, Consciousness, and the Evolution of Subjects. Synthese. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03998-z

Veit, W. (2022). Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness. Biological Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-022-00407-z

Veit, W. (2022). Towards a Comparative Study of Animal Consciousness. Biological Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-022-00409-x

Veit, W. (2022). The Origins of Consciousness or the War of the Five Dimensions. Biological Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-022-00408-y

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2022). The Sentience Shift in Animal Research. The New Bioethics. https://doi.org/10.1080/20502877.2022.2077681

Veit, W. (2022). Revisiting the Intentionality All-Stars. Review of Analytic Philosophy, 2(1), 31-54. https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.RAP.2022.0009

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2022). The importance of end-of-life welfare. Animal Frontiers. 12(1), 8–15. https://doi.org/10.1093/af/vfab078

Ortmann, J. & Veit, W. (2022). Theory Roulette: Choosing that Climate Change is not a Tragedy of the Commons. Environmental Values, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3197/096327122X16452897197784

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2021). Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2021.2014838

Veit, W. (2021). Experimental Philosophy of Medicine and the Concepts of Health and Disease. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. 42, 169–186. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11017-021-09550-3

Veit, W. (2021). Scaffolding Natural Selection. Biological Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-021-00387-6

Veit, W. (2021). Agential Thinking. Synthese. 199, 13393–13419. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03380-5

Veit, W. & Ney, M. (2021). Metaphors in Arts and Science. European Journal for Philosophy of Science. 11(44). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-021-00351-y

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2021). Freedom and Animal Welfare. Animals. 11(4), 1148. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11041148

Veit, W. (2021). Model Diversity and the Embarrassment of Riches. Journal of Economic Methodology 28(3), 291-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2021.1898660

Earp, B.D., et al. (2021). Racial Justice Requires Ending the War on Drugs. The American Journal of Bioethics 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1861364 [co-authored target article with a large number of influential bioethicists]

Veit, W. (2021). Biological Normativity: A New Hope for Naturalism? Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-020-09993-w

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2020). Perspectival pluralism for animal welfare. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 11(9). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13194-020-00322-9

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Is Humane Slaughter Possible? Animals, 10(5), 799. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10050799

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). The Measurement Problem of Consciousness. Philosophical Topics. 48(1), 85-108. https://doi.org/10.5840/philtopics20204815

Veit, W. (2019). Model Pluralism. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 50(2), 91–114. https://doi.org/10.1177/0048393119894897

Veit, W. (2019). Evolution of multicellularity: cheating done right. Biology & Philosophy, 34(34). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-019-9688-9

Veit, W. (2018). Existential Nihilism: The Only Really Serious Philosophical Problem. Journal of Camus Studies 2018: 211-236. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26965.24804

Veit, W. (2018). Cognitive Enhancement and the Threat of Inequality. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 2: 404–410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41465-018-0108-x

Veit, W. (2018). Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancement. KRITERION – Journal of Philosophy 32(1):75-92. https://doi.org/10.1515/krt-2018-320105

Book Chapters

Veit, W. and Browning, H. (forthcoming). Feminism and Enhancement. Routledge Handbook of Feminism and Technology. London: Routledge.

Browning, H. and Veit, W. (forthcoming). Longtermism and Animals. Essays on Longtermism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Schlaile, M.P., Veit, W., & Boudry, M. (forthcoming). Memes. In K. Dopfer, R.R. Nelson, J. Potts, & A. Pyka (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Economics. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.23408.79364

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2022). The Desperate Search for Meaning in Life. In Cotton, C. & Winters, A.M. (eds.) Neon Genesis Evangelion and Philosophy, pp. 3-12. Chicago, Illinois: Carus Books.

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2021). Ethics of Mixed Martial Arts. In Holt, J. & Ramsay, M. (Ed.), The Philosophy of Mixed Martial Arts: Squaring the Octagon, pp. 134-149. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003122395-12

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2021). Phenomenology Applied to Animal Health and Suffering. In S. Ferrarello (Ed.), Phenomenology of Bioethics: Technoethics and Lived-Experience, pp. 73-88. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65613-3_6

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Confined Freedom and Free Confinement: The Ethics of Captivity in Life of Pi. In Á. T. Bogár and R. S. Szigethy (Eds.), Critical Insights: Life of Pi, pp. 119–134. Salem Press. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27969.38246/1

Veit, W. (2019). Modeling Morality. In L. Magnani, A. Nepomuceno, F. Salguero, C. Barés and M. Fontane (eds.), Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology, Springer, 83-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32722-4_6

Policy Papers and Petitions

Jacquet, J, Franks, B., Pungor, J., Mather, J., Godfrey-Smith, P., Marino, L., Barord, G., Safina, C., Browning, H., and Veit, W. (2020). Petition to Include Cephalopods as “Animals” Deserving of Humane Treatment under the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Clinic, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27522.30401

Long Replies

Veit, W. (2023). Defending the Pathological Complexity Thesis. Biological Theory. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-023-00430-8

Short Replies, Commentaries, and Other Publications of Similar Length

Veit, W. and Browning, H. (forthcoming). Neural Networks, AI, and the Goals of Modeling. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Veit, W. and Browning, H. (forthcoming). Defending Sentientism. AJOB Neuroscience.

Browning, H. and Veit, W. (forthcoming). Regulating Possibly Sentient Human Cerebral Organoids. AJOB Neuroscience.

Veit, W. and Browning, H. (forthcoming). The Design Space of Human Communication and the Non-Evolution of Ideography. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Veit, W. and Browning, H. (forthcoming). Puritanical Morality and the Scaffolded Evolution of Self-Control. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Veit, W. and Browning, H. (forthcoming). Evolutionary Mismatch and Anomalies in the Memory System. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (forthcoming). Polygenic Scores and Social Science. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (forthcoming). Hominin Life History, Pathological Complexity, and the Evolution of Anxiety. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (forthcoming). Social Robots and the Intentional Stance. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

Browning, H. and Veit, W. (2023). Optimism about measuring animal feelings. Asian Bioethics Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41649-023-00244-7

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2023). The Scaffolded Evolution of Human Communication. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, E17. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X2200070X

Veit W. & Browning, H. (2022). Darwinian and Autopoietic Views of the Organism. Constructivist Foundations. 18(1): 103–105. https://constructivist.info/18/1/103

Veit, W. (2022). Integrating Evolution into the Study of Animal Sentience. Animal Sentience 32(30). https://doi.org/10.1007/10.51291/2377-7478.1765

Veit, W. (2022). Confidence Levels or Degrees of Sentience? Asian Bioethics Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41649-022-00230-5

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2022). Autism and the Preference for Imaginary Worlds. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, E279. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X21002211

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2022). On the Evolutionary Origins of the Bifocal Stance. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, E270. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22001273

Veit, W. and Browning, H. (2022). Life, Mind, Agency: Why Markov Blankets Fail the Test of Evolution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, E214. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22000115

Veit, W. and Browning, H. (2022). Pathological Complexity and the Evolution of Sex Differences. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, E149, pp. 57-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X22000498

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2022). More than Zombies: Considering the Animal Subject in De-Extinction. Ethics, Policy & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1080/21550085.2022.2071552

Veit, W. (2022). Consciousness, Complexity, and Evolution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, E61, pp. 47-49. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X21001825

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2022). Has the Socio-Political Role of Neuroethics Been Neglected? AJOB Neuroscience. VOL. 13, NO. 1, 23-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2021.2001079

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2022). On the Relevance of Experimental Philosophy to Neuroethics. AJOB Neuroscience. VOL. 13, NO. 1, 55-57. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2021.2001080

Veit, W. (2021). The Evolution of Knowledge during the Cambrian Explosion. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 44, e47. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20000771

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2021). Utilitarian Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic for Non-Pandemic Diseases. American Journal of Bioethics. 21(12), 39-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2021.1991035

Veit, W., Earp, B.D., Browning, H., & Savulescu, J. (2021). Evaluating Tradeoffs between Autonomy and Wellbeing in Supported Decision Making. American Journal of Bioethics. 21(11), 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2021.1980134

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2021). Extending animal welfare science to include wild animals. Animal Sentience 7(20), pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1675

Veit, W., Anomaly, J., Agar, N., Singer, P., Fleischman, D.S., & Minerva, F. (2021). Can ‘eugenics’ be defended? Monash Bioethics Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-021-00129-1

Veit, W. & Spurrett, D. (2021). Evolving Resolve. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 44, E56. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X20001041

Veit, W. (2021). Does Birth Matter? Journal of Medical Ethics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2020-107034

Veit, W., Brown, R. & Earp, B.D. (2020). In science we trust? Being honest about the limits of medical research during COVID-19. American Journal of Bioethics. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1845861

Chapman, R. & Veit, W. (2020). “The essence of autism: fact or artefact?” Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-020-00959-1

Veit, W. (2020). Dennett and Spinoza. Australasian Philosophical Review. 4(3), 259–265. https://doi.org/10.1080/24740500.2021.1962653

Veit, W. & Browning, H. (2020). Why Socio-Political Beliefs Trump Individual Morality: An Evolutionary Perspective. AJOB Neuroscience, 11(4), 290-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2020.1830879

Veit, W., Earp, B.D., Faber, N., Bostrom, N., Caouette, J., Mannino, A., Caviola, L., Sandberg, A. & Savulescu, J. (2020). Recognizing the Diversity of Cognitive Enhancements. AJOB Neuroscience, 11(4), 250-253, https://doi.org/10.1080/21507740.2020.1830878

Veit, W., Savulescu, J., Hunter, D., Earp, B.D. & Wilkinson, D. (2020). Are Generational Welfare Trades Always Unjust? The American Journal of Bioethics 20(9), 70-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1795532

Veit, W. & Huebner, B. (2020). Drawing the boundaries of animal sentience. Animal Sentience 29(13). http://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1595

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2020). Improving invertebrate welfare. Animal Sentience 29(4). http://doi.org/10.51291/2377-7478.1585

Chapman, R. & Veit, W. (2020). Representing the Autism Spectrum. The American Journal of Bioethics 20(4), 46–48. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.1730495

Veit, W., Dewhurst, J., Dołega, K., Jones, M., Stanley, S., Frankish, K. & Dennett, D.C. (2019). The Rationale of Rationalization. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 43, e53. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X19002164

Veit, W. (2018). Enhancement Technologies and Inequality. In Saborido, C., Oms, S. & González de Prado, J. (eds.), Proceedings of the IX Conference of the Spanish Society of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science: 471-476. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.21932.08326

Reviews

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2023). Moral Awareness and Animal Welfare. Animal Welfare, 32, e39, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2023.33

As philosophers working in both animal welfare science and animal ethics, we were happy for the chance to review this book. Despite the importance of animal welfare science for animal ethics, few philosophers and ethicists have made the effort to closely engage with this branch of science, and Lamb’s book provides an opportunity for people interested in bringing ethics and animal welfare science closer together. The book is accessibly written and though it is intended for a broad audience, it mostly targets animal welfare researchers who have less familiarity with the philosophical and animal ethics literature

Veit, W. (2022). Review of Peter Godfrey-Smith’s Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness. Philosophy of Science. 89(3), pp. 658-660. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/psa.2022.26

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2021). Does utilitarianism need a rethink? Review of Louis Narens and Brian Skyrms’ The Pursuit of Happiness. Journal of Economic Methodology. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2021.1985755

Veit, W. (2021). Samir Okasha’s Philosophy: Essay Review of Samir Okasha’s Agents and Goals in Evolution. Lato Sensu: Revue De La Société De Philosophie Des Sciences 8 (3), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.20416/LSRSPS.V8I3.1

Browning, H. & Veit, W. (2021). Evolutionary Biology Meets Consciousness: Essay Review of Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka’s The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul. Biology & Philosophy, 36(5). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-021-09781-7

Veit, W. (2021). Review of Nancy Cartwright’s Nature, the Artful Modeler: Lectures on Laws, Science, How Nature Arranges the World and How We Can Arrange It Better. Philosophy of Science 88(2), 366-369. https://doi.org/10.1086/711505