Dear
Colleagues and Friends:
I am pleased
to announce the publication of the January 2019 issue of the ASEBL Journal. Guest co-editor is comparative
psychologist Christine Webb, Ph.D., at Harvard University, with editorial assistance
from St. Francis College student Angelica Schell.
Here’s
what’s in this timely and important issue.
An anchor
essay by Professor Shawn Thompson, “Supporting Ape Rights: Finding the Right
Fit Between Science and the Law.”
This is
followed by comments from philosophers and scientists, including: Gary L. Shapiro, Nicolas Delon, Elise
Huchard, Zipporah Weisberg, Carlo Alvaro, Peter Woodford, Dustin Hellberg, Jennifer
Vonk, Edwin J.C. van Leeuwen and Lysanne Snijders, Leif Cocks.
The issue
concludes with a response to the comments by Professor Thompson.
ASEBL Journal has consistently
blended interdisciplinary approaches in the following instances: competitive
altruism in Beowulf (v. 9, January
2013), cultural traditions from an anthropological perspective in Romeo and Juliet (v. 11.1, January
2015), art and evolution (v. 11.2, April 2015), the cultural evolution of
attitudes about homosexuality (v. 12, February 2016), traditonal ethical codes
as a puzzle to evolutionary theory (v. 12, February 2016), morality and biology
(v. 13, January 2018), and great ape personhood (v 14, January 2019).
Continuing in this effort to cross disciplinary boundaries,
it is anticipated that an upcoming issue will focus on consciousness, but there
is no open call for papers at this point.
Find the journal
here, https://www.sfc.edu/academics/publications/asebl
Here is the
journal blog, www.asebl.blogspot.com
Sincerely, Gregory F. Tague, Ph.D., editor
