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This item contains audio of the presentation by Professor Maggie Gee for the Empathy Group meeting held 8th March 2017.
Maggie Gee, Professor of Creative Writing, talked about her hero Frans de Waal’s view of the many animal cognitions (which tells us human intelligence is not necessarily the apex of cognition), particularly in relation to his latest book, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are, where he considers non-human-animal empathy and intelligence.