THE INNER EYE by Nicholas Humphrey, Mel Calman (Illus) ( 9780192802446 )

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Title:

THE INNER EYE
SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EVOLUTION

By:

Nicholas Humphrey, Mel Calman (Illus)

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

7 February, 2002

Pages:

188

Description:

Human consciousness is often regarded as the last great mystery-a riddle for those committed to a scientific understanding of the world and and our place in it. What is it for and how did it evolve? The Inner Eye provides answers. The focus of the book is the idea that 'the inner eye', or consciousness of the self, is the key to understanding the evolution of intelligence and its relation to social life. It is both a captivating account of a scientist'ssearch for meaining in human affairs and work of considerable importance to philosophy and psychology.

Synopsis:

Where does consciousness come from? What is it? Where is it taking us? In 1971 Nicholas Humphrey spent three months at Dian Fossey's gorilla research centre in Rwanda. It was there, among the mountain gorillas that he began to focus on the philosphical and scientific puzzle that has fascinated him ever since: the problem of how a human being or animal can know what it is like to be itself. The Inner Eye describes where these original speculations led: to Humphrey's now celebrated theories of the 'social function of intellect' and of human beings as natural born 'mind-readers'. Easy to read, adorned with Mel Calman's brilliant illustrations, passionately argued, yet never less than scientifically profound, this book remains the best introduction to new thinking about 'theory of mind' and its implication for human social life.

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cartoons and diagrams throughout

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Oxford University Press

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