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Hans-Johann Glock is guest at Sternstunde Philosophie and talks about: Understanding animals, but how?

H.J. Glock at Sternstunde

Understand animals, but how? - Hans-Johann Glock

 

Dolphins give themselves names. Elephants can recognize themselves in the mirror. And some bonobos even understand English. What goes on inside the minds of these ingenious animals? What does an octopus think? And do ants have consciousness? Yves Bossart talks to the philosopher Hans-Johann Glock about the minds of animals.

Animals are not dumb. They are able to communicate, plan ahead, use tools and even deceive. Some animals are extremely social; some even have a sense of justice. How do they do this? What does this mean for our understanding of what it means to be human? And how we treat animals? Hans-Johann Glock is professor of philosophy at the University of Zurich and has been studying the minds of animals for years. Yves Bossart speaks with him about the consciousness of octopuses and crows, and poses the question: how can animals think if they do not have a language? And will we ever be able to know what a cat really thinks?

 Sternstunde with Hans-Johan Glock

 

 

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