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In thephilosophical subdiscipline ofontology,animalism is a theory ofpersonal identity that asserts that humans are animals.[1] The concept of animalism is advocated by philosophersEric T. Olson,Peter van Inwagen, Paul Snowdon, Stephan Blatti, David Hershenov andDavid Wiggins.[2][page needed] The view stands in contrast to positions such asJohn Locke's psychological criterion forpersonal identity or various forms ofmind–body dualism, such asRichard Swinburne's account.
A common argument for animalism is known as the thinking-animal argument. It asserts the following:[3]
A less common, but perhaps increasing, use of the termanimalism is to refer to the ethical view that all or most animals are worthy of moral consideration.[4] It may be similar, though not necessarily, tosentientism.
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