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

By Nicholas Humphrey

Book information

Publisher
Copernicus
Year
1999
ISBN
0387987193, 9780387987194
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1113026 bytes)
Pages
240\0
Time added
2021-01-20 17:39:33

Description

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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