EVOLUTION AND THE HUMAN MIND by Peter Carruthers (Editor), Andrew T. Chamberlain (Editor) ( 9780521789080 )

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Title:

EVOLUTION AND THE HUMAN MIND
MODULARITY, LANGUAGE AND META-COGNITION

By:

Peter Carruthers (Editor), Andrew T. Chamberlain (Editor)

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0521789087

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9780521789080

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

2 November, 2000

Pages:

348

Description:

This volume of essays offers an interdisciplinary examination of the evolution of the human mind.

Synopsis:

How did our minds evolve? Can evolutionary considerations illuminate the question of the basic architecture of the human mind? These are two of the main questions addressed in Evolution and the Human Mind by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists and archaeologists. The essays focus especially on issues to do with modularity of mind, the evolution and significance of natural language, and the evolution of our capacity for meta-cognition (thought about thought), together with its implications for consciousness. The editors have provided an introduction that lays out the background to the questions which the essays address, and a consolidated bibliography that will be a valuable reference resource for all those interested in this area. The volume will be of great interest to all researchers and students interested in the evolution and nature of the mind.

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Cambridge University Press

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