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Foerster Lectures on the Immortality of the Soul
Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures
Howison Lectures in Philosophy
Jefferson Memorial Lectures
Bernard Moses Memorial Lecture
Carl O. Sauer Memorial Lecture
Barbara Weinstock Lectures on the Morals of Trade
April 04, 2013
— 4:10 PM
Berkeley City Club, Ballroom, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley
Please note change of venue (was previously Alumni House)
Domestic dogs, Canis familiaris, have insinuated themselves into our society and imagination: long present in our art and narratives, they are now ubiquitous in American homes. I will discuss the dog's historical and contemporary role, attributions typically made to dogs, and an alternative empirical approach to considering dogs.
Alexandra Horowitz studied philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and earned a doctorate in cognitive science at the University of California-San Diego. Her research centers on the behavior and cognition of the domestic dog, especially dyadic play, meta-cognition, olfactory perception, and behaviors implicated in anthropomorphisms of dogs. For the last eight years she has taught at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she is now adjunct Associate Professor in Psychology. She is author of the best-selling Inside of a dog: What dogs see, smell, and know; her second book, On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes, was published in January.
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