About
Kristin Andrews brings empirical and theoretical expertise to questions about the similarities and differences between humans and nonhuman animals in terms of their cognitive, affective, social, and cultural capacities. She has developed novel frameworks for social and normative cognition that can be used to investigate these capacities in other animals. Professor Andrews is currently engaged in a number of projects related to social norms. She is writing a book on the evolution of social norms, and proposes that they existed before humans developed language. She is also exploring whether social norms form part of animal cultures in a range of species, and is developing the implications of these findings for animal conservation and welfare efforts. Professor Andrews also writes on animal consciousness, animal ethics, animal morality, and legal status for animals.
Awards
- Visiting Professor, Department of Law, Università Degli Studi di Cagliari, May 2023
- Visiting International Professor, Situation Cognition Fellow, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, August 2022-July 2025
- Visiting Professor, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, The London School of Economics, London UK. September-May 2021-2022
- Member, Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, 2015
Relevant Publications
- Andrews, K. 2020. The Animal Mind: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Animal Cognition (second edition). Routledge
- Andrews, K. 2020. “Naïve normativity: The social foundation of moral cognition” Journal of the American Philosophical Association 6(1): 35-56
- Westra, E., Andrews, K. A pluralistic framework for the psychology of norms. Biol Philos 37, 40 (2022)
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