Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and Cognition
by:
Merlin Donald (author)
This bold book asks the ultimate question of the life sciences: How did the human mind acquire its incomparable power? In seeking the answer, Merlin Donald traces the evolution of human culture and cognition from primitive apes to artificial intelligence, presenting an enterprising and original...
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This bold book asks the ultimate question of the life sciences: How did the human mind acquire its incomparable power? In seeking the answer, Merlin Donald traces the evolution of human culture and cognition from primitive apes to artificial intelligence, presenting an enterprising and original theory of how the human mind evolved from its presymbolic form.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780674644847 (0674644840)
Publish date: March 15th 1993
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Pages no: 424
Edition language: English
I'll give this four-stars, though I'm really not competent to rate this. I read substantial portions of it, but much of it is -- if not over my head -- at least too dry and scientific for my tastes and attention deficits. I'm a scientific illiterate, unfortunately -- and even in philosophy, epistemo...
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