A History of the Mind: Evolution and the Birth of ConsciousnessSpringer Science & Business Media, 18 de juny 1999 - 238 pàgines 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 |
Continguts
MIND AND BODY | 23 |
PUZZLING WORK AN ASIDE ABOUT LANGUAGE | 31 |
WHAT HAPPENED IN HISTORY THE INSIDE STORY | 37 |
THE DOUBLE PROVINCE OF THE SENSES | 45 |
WHAT DO WE SEE? | 52 |
COLOR IS THE KEYBOARD | 58 |
IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES | 61 |
SHUTTLE VISION | 66 |
FIVE CHARACTERISTICS IN SEARCH OF A THEORY | 129 |
THE PROBLEM OF OWNERSHIP A TACK TO STARBOARD | 142 |
THE QUESTION OF INDEXICALS A TACK TO PORT | 151 |
PLUS CA CHANGE | 157 |
A LITTLE MIND MUSIC | 161 |
SPECIFIC NERVE ENERGIES? | 166 |
SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE | 170 |
TIME PRESENT | 179 |
IT MUST LOOK QUEER | 70 |
NEW ARRANGEMENTS | 75 |
MINDBLINDNESS AND BLINDMINDNESS | 82 |
MORE ABOUT BLINDSIGHT | 88 |
A FIRE IN THE HAND A DAGGER OF THE MIND | 94 |
HE THOUGHT HE SAW AN ELEPHANT | 101 |
HERE IT LIES | 115 |
HERE WHAT LIES? A CHAPTER ABOUT DEFINITION | 117 |
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