On the Plurality of Nonhuman Worlds

ABSTRACT The living world is in many respects diverse. It includes animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms of various phylogenetic taxa and with various genetic constitutions contributing in multiple ways to a wide range of ecological systems. And not just this: when a group of organisms includes some experiencing organisms, it is experientially diverse. In this paper, I investigate this rarely considered dimension of biodiversity. I clarify what experiential diversity is, consider how it can be measured, and explain how it can be lost.