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A History of the Mind: Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness - Softcover

Humphrey, Nicholas

 
9780387987194: A History of the Mind: Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0387987193 ISBN 13: 9780387987194
Verlag: Copernicus, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

This book is a tour-de-force on how human consciousness may have evolved. From the "phantom pain" experienced by people who have lost their limbs to the uncanny faculty of "blindsight" Humphrey argues that raw sensations are central to all conscious states and that consciousness must have evolved, just like all other mental faculties, over time from our ancestors' bodily responses to pain and pleasure. "Humphrey is one of that growing band of scientists who beat literary folk at their own game" -RICHARD DAWKINS "A wonderful bookbrilliant, unsettling, and beautifully written. Humphrey cuts bravely through the currents of contemporary thinking, opening up new vistas on old problems offering a feast of provocative ideas" -DANIEL DENNETT

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Verlag
Copernicus
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0387987193
ISBN 13 
9780387987194
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
240
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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