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| ⚫ | '''Marian Stamp Dawkins''' is professor for ] at the ] <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/staff/academics/dawkins_m.htm | publisher= University of Oxford, Department of Zoology | title= Staff:Academic Marian Dawkins |accessdate= 1 July 2011 }}</ref> She has published several books, one of which has been translated into ], and many peer-reviewed papers. Her research interests include ], ], ], ] and ]. | ||
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| ⚫ | She is skeptical about consciousness of nonhuman animals. In her book ''Why Animals Matter: Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare, and Human Well-being'' (2012) she wrote "there is no proof either way about animal consciousness and that it does not serve animals well to claim that there is". She responded the criticism to her position as "wrongly interpreted", and says that "my concern is to make the case for animal emotions as watertight as possible and thereby to strengthen it. That is the way science progresses and always has."<ref>Dawkins, Marian Stamp (2012) ''Huffington Post'', 8 June 2012.</ref><ref>Dawkins, Marian Stamp (2013) ''Edge'', 31 October 2013.</ref> | ||
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| Her book Why Animals Matter: Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare, and Human Well-being received significant amount of criticism since its release.<ref>Book reviews http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199747512/ref=cm_cr_dpvoterdr?ie=UTF8&thanksvoting=cr-vote-RN2RMW41H7IP3#RN2RMW41H7IP3.2115.Helpful.Reviews</ref> Evolutionary biologist ] vigorously criticized Dawkins for denying a large body of solid scientific data<ref name="MB">http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201205/animal-consciousness-and-science-matter</ref>. Jennifer O'Connor, a staff writer of ], considered the book 'appears to be nothing more than a defense for those who want to continue to use, abuse and exploit animals'. Jim Robertson, the author of 'Exposing the Big Game: Living Targets of a Dying Sport' wrote "This new and unwelcomed project makes me wonder if she's (Dawkins is) not actually an emotional automaton programmed to react to stimuli but lacking the ability to think and feel". The book is rated 1.5 out of total 5 stars on Amazon.com.<ref>Criticisms of Why Animals Matter: Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare, and Human Well-being from the readers: http://www.amazon.com/review/RN2RMW41H7IP3/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0199747512&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books#wasThisHelpful</ref> | |||
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| She was also criticized for unprofessional academic conducts such as personal attack and misrepresentation of the opinions of the academic opponents.<ref name="MB"></ref> | |||
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Marian Stamp Dawkins is professor for animal behaviour at the University of Oxford She has published several books, one of which has been translated into German, and many peer-reviewed papers. Her research interests include vision in birds, animal signalling, behavioural synchrony, animal consciousness and animal welfare.
She is skeptical about consciousness of nonhuman animals. In her book Why Animals Matter: Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare, and Human Well-being (2012) she wrote "there is no proof either way about animal consciousness and that it does not serve animals well to claim that there is". She responded the criticism to her position as "wrongly interpreted", and says that "my concern is to make the case for animal emotions as watertight as possible and thereby to strengthen it. That is the way science progresses and always has."
Personal life
She married evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins on 19 August 1967. They divorced in 1984.
Bibliography
- Animal Suffering: The Science of Animal Welfare. Chapman and Hall. 1980.
- Unravelling Animal Behaviour. Longman. 1986.
- Through Our Eyes Only?: The Search for Animal Consciousness. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1993.
- She was coauthor with Aubrey Manning of the fourth and fifth editions of An Introduction to Animal Behaviour. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1993 and 1998.
- Living with The Selfish Gene. One of the collected essays in Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think. Editors: Alan Grafen, Mark Ridley. Oxford University Press. 2006
Criticism
Her book Why Animals Matter: Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare, and Human Well-being received significant amount of criticism since its release. Evolutionary biologist Marc Bekoff vigorously criticized Dawkins for denying a large body of solid scientific data. Jennifer O'Connor, a staff writer of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, considered the book 'appears to be nothing more than a defense for those who want to continue to use, abuse and exploit animals'. Jim Robertson, the author of 'Exposing the Big Game: Living Targets of a Dying Sport' wrote "This new and unwelcomed project makes me wonder if she's (Dawkins is) not actually an emotional automaton programmed to react to stimuli but lacking the ability to think and feel". The book is rated 1.5 out of total 5 stars on Amazon.com.
She was also criticized for unprofessional academic conducts such as personal attack and misrepresentation of the opinions of the academic opponents.
References
- "Staff:Academic Marian Dawkins". University of Oxford, Department of Zoology. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
- Dawkins, Marian Stamp (2012) Convincing the Unconvinced That Animal Welfare Matters Huffington Post, 8 June 2012.
- Dawkins, Marian Stamp (2013) What do animals want? Edge, 31 October 2013.
- Book reviews http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199747512/ref=cm_cr_dpvoterdr?ie=UTF8&thanksvoting=cr-vote-RN2RMW41H7IP3#RN2RMW41H7IP3.2115.Helpful.Reviews
- ^ http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201205/animal-consciousness-and-science-matter
- Criticisms of Why Animals Matter: Animal Consciousness, Animal Welfare, and Human Well-being from the readers: http://www.amazon.com/review/RN2RMW41H7IP3/ref=cm_cr_dp_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0199747512&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books#wasThisHelpful
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