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Bob Fischer

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I’m a Senior Researcher for Rethink Priorities, a Professor of Philosophy at Texas State University, a Director of the Animal Welfare Economics Working Group, the Treasurer for the Insect Welfare Research Society, and the President of the Arthropoda Foundation. I work on a wide range of theoretical and applied issues related to animal welfare. You can reach me here.

If Con­trac­tu­al­ism, Then AMF

Bob FischerOct 13, 2023, 6:03 PM
62 points
54 comments24 min readEA link

Causes and Uncer­tainty: Re­think­ing Value in Expectation

Bob FischerOct 11, 2023, 9:15 AM
220 points
29 comments15 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Wor­ld­view In­ves­ti­ga­tion Team: In­tro­duc­tions and Next Steps

Bob FischerJun 21, 2023, 2:18 PM
129 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Wor­ld­view In­ves­ti­ga­tions Team: An Overview

Rethink PrioritiesFeb 25, 2023, 5:29 PM
103 points
2 comments4 min readEA link

If Adult In­sects Mat­ter, How Much Do Ju­ve­niles Mat­ter?

Bob FischerFeb 6, 2023, 1:33 PM
93 points
11 comments25 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Welfare Range Estimates

Bob FischerJan 23, 2023, 11:37 AM
351 points
129 comments16 min readEA link

Don’t Balk at An­i­mal-friendly Results

Bob FischerJan 16, 2023, 11:52 AM
152 points
7 comments14 min readEA link

Oc­to­puses (Prob­a­bly) Don’t Have Nine Minds

Bob FischerDec 12, 2022, 11:59 AM
94 points
19 comments10 min readEA link
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Do Brains Con­tain Many Con­scious Sub­sys­tems? If So, Should We Act Differ­ently?

Bob FischerDec 5, 2022, 11:56 AM
92 points
12 comments21 min readEA link

The­o­ries of Welfare and Welfare Range Estimates

Bob FischerNov 14, 2022, 1:52 PM
91 points
23 comments9 min readEA link

The Welfare Range Table

Bob FischerNov 7, 2022, 10:19 AM
365 points
17 comments8 min readEA link

An In­tro­duc­tion to the Mo­ral Weight Project

Bob FischerOct 31, 2022, 9:13 AM
180 points
10 comments10 min readEA link