The Francis Bacon Lecture Series, on Animal Minds and Animal Ethics, took place on the 24 April in N001, de Havilland campus from 18:30-20:30. Professor Glock discussed whether at least some animals have minds comparable to those of humans, a question that has exercised philosophy and science since their inception.

The connection between the question of animal minds and ethics is two-fold: - Animal Morals: do animals have moral beliefs, attitudes, sentiments or practices? - Animal Ethics: How should we treat animals? What are our obligations towards them?

Hans-Johann Glock is Professor of Philosophy and Head of Department at the University of Zurich, as well as Visiting Professor at the University of Reading. He is the author of A Wittgenstein Dictionary (Blackwell 1996), Quine and Davidson (CUP 2003), La mente de los animals (KRK 2009) and What is Analytic Philosophy? (CUP 2008).