What do animals think?

Tuesday 28 February 2012, 6.30PM

Speaker: Professor Tim Crane, University of Cambridge

Royal Institute of Philosophy Lecture

Professor Tim Crane is Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge, and a fellow of Peterhouse, one of the colleges of that University.

His work is mostly in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics. He is interested in questions about the nature of the human mind, and in questions about the place of the mind in the rest of nature.

What is it to have a mind? What is involved in thinking about the world? What is consciousness and how is it related to the unconscious mind? How are thought and consciousness related? What is the relationship between the everyday knowledge we have about our own minds and the knowledge we get from neuroscience and psychology?  How are the mental lives of humans different from those of other animals? How is our capacity for thought embodied in our brains and bodies?

Since August 2011, he has been the General Editor of the Routledge Encylopedia of Philosophy.

Location: Bowland Auditorium, Berrick Saul building

Admission: Admission is free and open to all

Telephone: 01904 324466