SENTIENCE

Sentience

Sentience is the ability to feel, perceive, or to experience subjectivity. Eighteenth-century philosophers used the concept to distinguish the ability to think from the ability to feel . In modern Western philosophy, sentience is the ability to experience sensations . For Eastern philosophy, sentience is a metaphysical quality of all things that requires respect and care. The concept is central to the philosophy of animal rights, because sentience is necessary for the ability to suffer, which is held to entail certain rights.

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sentience

Noun

  1. The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.


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