Mathilde Tahar-Malaussena

Research Fellow, Philosophy of Biology, University College London, UK

Mathilde Tahar-Malaussena is a philosopher of biology working as a research fellow at University College London, in the framework of the research project Animal Inventiveness: A New Insight on Agency in Evolution, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. She is the author of Du finalisme en biologie (2024).

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Written by Mathilde Tahar-Malaussena

A cheetah cub playfully interacts with a brown dog on grass, with a toy in the background.

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Bioethics

Why the cat wags her tail

Here’s a puzzle: how could evolution favour such a costly, frivolous and fun activity as animal play?

Mathilde Tahar-Malaussena