A History of the Mind
Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness
Published on 18. June 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
238 pages
978-0-387-98719-4 (ISBN)
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. '
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Popular/general
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
6 s/w Abbildungen
238 p. 6 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-387-98719-4 (9780387987194)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4419-8544-6
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Mind and Body.- "Puzzling Work": An Aside About Language.- What Happened in History: The Inside Story.- The Double Province of the Senses.- "What Do We See?".- Color is the Keyboard.- In the Realm of the Senses.- Shuttle Vision.- "It Must Look Queer!".- New Arrangements.- Mind-Blindness and Blind-Mindness.- More About Blindsight.- A Fire In The Hand; A Dagger of the Mind.- He Thought He Saw An Elephant.- Here It Lies.- Here What Lies? A Chapter About Definition.- Five Characteristics in Search of A Theory.- The Problem of Ownership (A Tack to Starboard).- The Question Of Indexicals (A Tack to Port).- Plus CA Change....- A Little Mind Music.- Specific Nerve Energies?.- Smoke Without Fire.- Time Present.- Hurrah!.- Being and Nothingness.- 229.- 235.