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From bacteria to Bach and back : the evolution of minds
- Title
- From bacteria to Bach and back : the evolution of minds / Daniel C. Dennett.
- Author
- Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement)
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 17-3441 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 476 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- Summary
- A leading philosopher offers a major new account of the origins of the conscious mind that explores the deep interactions of evolution, brains, and human culture, demonstrating the role of culture in installing memes, including language, in the mind.
- Alternative Title
- Evolution of minds
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-445) and index.
- Contents
- Turning our world upside down. Introduction ; Before bacteria and Bach ; On the origin of reasons ; Two strange inversions of reasoning ; The evolution of understanding -- From evolution to intelligent design. What is information? ; Darwinian spaces: an interlude ; Brains made of brains ; The role of words in cultural evolution ; The meme's-eye point of view ; What's wrong with memes? Objections and replies ; The origins of language ; The evolution of cultural evolution -- Turning our minds inside out. Consciousness as an evolved user-illusion ; The age of post-intelligent design.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-3441
- ISBN
- 9780393242072
- 0393242072
- LCCN
- 2016046790
- OCLC
- 964661184
- Author
- Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement), author.
- Title
- From bacteria to Bach and back : the evolution of minds / Daniel C. Dennett.
- Publisher
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-445) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-3441