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Susana Monsó

@susanamonso.com
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She/her. Associate professor of philosophy at UNED, Madrid. Interested in all things animal. Author of Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death. susanamonso.com [Profile pic: © Mel Guil]

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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 15h
Why care about weird animal behaviors? Just out as an advanced publication, my contribution to the next Frans de Waal special issue in Behaviour @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Unusual behaviors are a recurring theme in my career, and I much enjoyed writing this perspective! doi.org/10.1163/1568...
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The science of the unusual: how rare observations reveal the diversity of animal behaviour
Abstract Behavioural biology often focuses on identifying general patterns, yet unusual or rare behaviours at both the population and individual level can provide insight into animal behaviour. Here, ...
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 15h
This looks excellent, congrats!
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Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association @pamba.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good news/bad news. PAMBA people now number over 400! But this means we can no longer use Mailchimp to send free emails. Join the new PAMBA Google Group to say up to date with the Philosophy of Animal Minds! groups.google.com/g/pambalist
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PAMBA - Google Groups
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 28/09/2026
Thank you so much 🙏
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Camille Brunel @camillebrunel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dear @susanamonso.com, congrats for an absolutely brilliant (and fundamentally antispeciesist) book, demonstrating what we felt to be true - so many animals know of death too It’s also REALLY FUN to read and reminded me of Safina’s « Becoming wild » -
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 27/09/2026
🙈🙈🙈
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 25/09/2026
¡Felicidades! Qué buena noticia
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 25/09/2026
A wonderful new resource for those wanting to explore the philosophical debates on animal minds!
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Zoë Goldsborough @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📣🎓 Open #PhD Position (3.5 years) 🎓📣 Want to come work with me on culture and social bonds in apes? 🐵 Apply to join my new group in the @livingingroups.bsky.social at @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social. Full job posting: imprs-qbee.mpg.de/131133/cultu... Deadline 📅 23 October 2026 Please share widely!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 24/09/2026
Thank you!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 23/09/2026
Already bribing them with cashews :) Thanks and thanks for reading!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 23/09/2026
Ah good to know, I'll be on the lookout for changes in appearance. I haven't seen them enough to catch their undulating flight but I will watch out for it :) thanks!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 23/09/2026
It might be, yes!! That's a redstart, right? My sister-in-law also suggested it. But then it would be two females! 🤯🥰
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 23/09/2026
I assume they're a male and a female because they're nesting in a hole in the wall outside my window. They both look the same.
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 23/09/2026
Birders out there, I need your help! I have a pair of birds coming to feed at my window sill (in Madrid, Spain) and I can't figure out the species. They look very similar to sparrows, but with a more uniform ash colour, slightly bigger in size, and with a longer tail. Any clues?
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 23/09/2026
Congrats!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 22/09/2026
Thank you!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 22/09/2026
Muchas gracias!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 22/09/2026
Thank you so much!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 21/09/2026
Oh for sure :)
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 21/09/2026
Thank you so much!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 21/09/2026
🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 21/09/2026
Yes, I’m certainly not the first or only person to complain! It’s been needed for a while.
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 21/09/2026
Noted — thank you!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 21/09/2026
I’ve just been named subject editor for the new “Animal ethics” area in the SEP, following my complaint that there are too few articles on this topic (serves me right for complaining). So stay tuned for new entries in the area, and hit me up with suggestions on topics that you think merit one!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 19/09/2026
Yep — which kinda sucks for philosophers collaborating with scientists. Because if you’re last author philosophers evaluating your CV will tend to think you did almost nothing 🥹
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 19/09/2026
Had fun doing this interview for the @science.org podcast on the short column I wrote for them on the value of philosophy for science.
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 18/09/2026
AI everything has also forced us to have so many meetings, discussions, policies, and changes. LLMs have wasted more of my time than any other anything. How such a wasteful, annoying, product is being successfully marketed as one that saves time & creates efficiencies I will never know.
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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
1/17 Body awareness in cockatoos For the first time, we have adapted the “body-as-an-obstacle” task to birds, a paradigm originally designed to study the development of body awareness in children. (paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 16/09/2026
Me too! Quite possibly my favourite non-fiction book ever.
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 16/09/2026
Excited BEYOND MEASURE for @edyong209.bsky.social’s new book!!
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Life Beyond Measure by Ed Yong: 9780593733288 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Just as he did in his New York Times bestseller, An Immense World, Ed Yong expands our perception of nature, this time by revealing the astonishing ways living things operate at different scales. "A...
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Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association @pamba.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PAMBA 2027 April 27-29 at Warwick. Join us for bluebells, a castle walk, and great talks! Keynotes: Heather Browning @zoophilosophy.bsky.social Cameron Buckner @cameronbuckner.bsky.social Stephen Butterfill Paco Calvo Garzon Marta Halina @martahalina.bsky.social Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com
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Conferences & other meetings — PAMBA
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 14/09/2026
This is going to be awesome.
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Chris Krupenye @chriskrupenye.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition! I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social 1/
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Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association @pamba.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
PAMBA Call For Papers and PAMBA Prize announcement coming soon! April 27-29, 2027 at Warwick. Save the date!
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Dorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is a real photo from 1913. It hasn’t been colorized. It was made using a technique called the Autochrome Lumière which captured true color using microscopic dyed starch grains as color filters, decades before color film existed. Pretty incredible, no? More below 👇
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 10/09/2026
This looks excellent, many thanks!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 10/09/2026
We have a new little paper out: an introduction to the philosophy of comparative psychology. If you're tired of artificial intelligences, you can read about biological ones instead.
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Katie Cronin, PhD @katieacronin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Excited to announce KINDRED -- first-hand stories about chimpanzees like Chiffon and Eli who opened my eyes to their inner worlds and inspired their protection. Endorsed by the late Dr. Jane Goodall. 🧵 (1/2)
two young chimpanzees face each other, touching hands, with green and brown grass in background
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 09/09/2026
Wonderful! I will pass it on (and check it out myself too) :)
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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's a traditionally neglected, but now rapidly growing, subfield of philosophy of science. I am currently writing a book on the philosophy of the geosciences that gives introduction, but in meantime I can recommend this survey paper by two members of my #PhiGeo research group
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What is Philosophy of the Geosciences?
The philosophy of the geosciences is an emerging subfield in philosophy of science. Although past and present geoscientific disciplines differ substantially, we argue that they frequently face common...
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 09/09/2026
Thank you so much!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 09/09/2026
Maybe @alisabokulich.bsky.social ?
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 09/09/2026
Can anyone recommend a good introduction to philosophy of geology? Asking for a geologist friend.
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METIS research group @metisuned.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📣Este martes, @susanamonso.com dará la conferencia inaugural del Grado en Filosofía de la Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife) con la ponencia “Juegos animales”!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 07/09/2026
¡Ojalá! Pero no :( No obstante si conoces a alguien interesado/a, puede intentar pedir una Juan de la Cierva con nosotras...
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 07/09/2026
Interested in doing a PhD in philosophy of animal minds in lovely Murcia? We have just published a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD as part of our research project on ecological validity in comparative cognitive science. Please consider applying if this is up your street!
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Call for expressions of interest: PhD position
The Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation is about to publish a call for pre-doctoral scholarships (FPI) adhered to scientific projects that have been approved for funding in 2026. We invite …
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 04/09/2026
Will do!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 04/09/2026
Thank you!
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Susana Monsó @susanamonso.com · 04/09/2026
The website of our research project is live! We will be announcing soon a call for expressions of interest to do a PhD with us. Stay tuned!
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EVACCS
ecological validity in comparative cognitive science
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