Our research explores how & why non-human animals invent new behaviours by studying their play. The project is led by Mathilde Tahar & Alecia Carter. We are funded by the Leverhulme Trust and hosted by UCL. https://www.animalinventiveness.com
We are delighted to invite you to our interdisciplinary workshop on Agency between Biology and Philosophy. The workshop will take place at University College London and online on 22-23 September 2026. All info and registration details can be found here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/interna...
The next session of our seminar is tomorrow! Christopher Joseph Gonzalez will talk about normative agency in nonhumans ! Info on how to join can be found here : www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar... We are looking forward to discussing this fascinating topic with you!
Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.Next session10 June, 4.15 to 5.15 PM UK timeSession led by Christopher J...www.animalinventiveness.comHello everyone, The next session of our seminar on Agency between Biology and Philosophy will take place tomorrow 13th of May from 4 to 5 PM (UK time) on Zoom. This session on AI agency will be led by Leonard Dung. Feel free to join us :) www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.Next session13 May, 4 to 5 UK timeSession led by Leonard DungTitle: Dist...www.animalinventiveness.comSome fresh news from us! Mathilde Tahar will share the preliminary results of our research: - at the ISAE regional conference 21 April (Nottingham) - at the Common Ground on Animal Ethics Workshop 30 April (London, LSE) www.animalinventiveness.com/post/excitin... We are looking forward to it ! 🐒 🐜
Exciting news: we’ll be sharing our first findings on inventive agency in the wild!We are delighted to share that the first results of the project’s initial research stage will be presented at two upcoming conferences this spring!www.animalinventiveness.comThe next session of our transdisciplinary (biology-philosophy) seminar on Agency will take place this Wednesday on Zoom ! Hugh Desmond will talk about agency and cognitive capacities! More info on how to join us here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...www.animalinventiveness.comThe next session of our transdisciplinary (biology-philosophy) seminar on Agency will take place next Wednesday. Marek Špinka will talk about play in nonhuman animals ! More info here : www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...www.animalinventiveness.comTomorrow is the first session of the 2026 edition of our online seminar on animal agency! This session will be led by Lisa Yon and will explore ways to promote agency in captive animals (especially elephants!). Hoping to see many of you! 🐘🐘🐘 www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...www.animalinventiveness.comThe next session of our seminar is tomorrow !! Angie Pepper will be presenting, on the topic « A good life or their own life? Rethinking nonhuman animal interests in freedom ». Relevant information can be found here : www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar... You’re welcome to join!
Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...www.animalinventiveness.comNext session is tomorrow ! Come and join us to unveil the mystery of animal agency (or just try to make sense of the concept actually…)! Daria Zakharova will be presenting!
Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...www.animalinventiveness.comOur seminar on animal agency, between biology and philosophy, is back ! Check out the programme for the next sessions here ! We meet on the second Wednesday of each month, on Zoom, from 4 to 5 PM (UK time). You’re very welcome to join ! :) www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy 2025/2026Here, you will find the 2025-2026 programme, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.ProgrammeThis year, we will meet each second Wednesday of each month, fr...www.animalinventiveness.comGreat paper on the degrees and the levels of innovativeness, contributing to the ongoing debate on how to measure and compare innovations & the tendency to innovate. (Note: to be distinguished from the propensity to invent = produce a novel behaviour, which we are studying in chacma baboons).
The Ramsey Lab🚨What is behavioral innovativeness? And how can we make sense of claims that individuals or taxa are 'more innovative' than others? In their new EJPS paper, Grant Ramsey & @andrameneganzin.bsky.social defend a novel, multidimensional & multilevel account of innovativeness.👇 #philsci #HPbio #evobio
By our @drmathildetahar.bsky.social (in French again)🐒 🐦⬛ 🐳 laviedesidees.fr/Penser-l-ani...
Penser l’animal avec BergsonLes découvertes de la biologie contemporaine donnent un contenu empirique à l'idée bergsonienne selon laquelle les animaux insèrent de l'indétermination dans le monde. Bergson apparaît dès lors comme ...laviedesidees.frIn April, our very own Mathilde Tahar discussed animal consciousness in Paris with Florian Moullard. And it is now a podcast! (Available in French though… for now?)
Mathilde TaharNotre discussion avec @fmoullard.bsky.social sur la conscience animale, guidée par Fabien Trécourt, est désormais disponible en podcast! On y a parlé du jeu des poulpes🐙, des collaborations entre loups et corbeaux🐺 🐦⬛et de ce que ça fait d'être une chauve-souris 🦇! smartlink.ausha.co/soirees-phil...
The next session of our seminar will take place next Thursday! We will be discussing the possibility of connecting (or not) the different concepts of biological agency. Mathilde Tahar will be leading the session! You're welcome to join us through Zoom! www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
A new piece by @drmathildetahar.bsky.social just got out on @aeon.co!! It explores the link between inventiveness and play in nonhuman animals. It is written with a sincere desire to convey what science and philosophy can teach us about this fascinating topic. We hope you enjoy reading it!
Aeon MagazineAnimal play can seem trivial, even laughable, and such scenes make us grin with delight. But is that all there is to it? buff.ly/yQcVjNj
@drmathildetahar.bsky.social will speak about animal’s cognition and imagination with Florian Moullard. 9th April in Paris ! ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr/evenements/s...
Les soirées Philosophie, sciences et société à la Sorbonne | IHPSTihpst.pantheonsorbonne.frNext session of our online seminar on Agency between Biology and Philosophy is today (5pm UK time). We will talk about the link between organism and agency + biosemiotics !! Feel free to join us 😃 More info here: www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...
Seminar Agency between Biology and Philosophy. Organisation and scheduleHere, you will find the programme of the upcoming sessions, and general information about our seminar. The introductory post can be found here.Next SessionsThe seminar series will continue on the seco...www.animalinventiveness.comOur seminar on agency between biology and philosophy is still on, and we have amazing discussions. It is on the second Thursday of each month, from 5pm to 6pm (UK time). Feel free to join :) More info here : www.animalinventiveness.com/post/seminar...