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Figments of Reality :The Evolution o...

Cohen, Jack.

Figments of Reality :The Evolution of the Curious Mind.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Figments of Reality :
Reminder of title:	The Evolution of the Curious Mind.
Author:	Stewart, Ian.
other author:	Cohen, Jack.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,1997.
Description:	341 p.
Subject:	Cognition and culture.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511541384 (electronic bk.)

Figments of Reality :The Evolution of the Curious Mind.
Stewart, Ian.

Figments of Reality :The Evolution of the Curious Mind.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,1997. - 341 p.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Figure Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 The Origins of Life; 2 The Reductionist Nightmare; 3 Ant Country; 4 Winning Ways; 5 Universals and Parochials; 6 Neural Nests; 7 Features Great and Small; 8 What is it Like to be a Human?; 9 We Wanted to Have a Chapter on Free Will, but We Decided not to, so Here It Is; 10 Extelligence; 11 Simplex, Complex, Multiplex; Epilogue; Notes; Further Reading; Index

Bestselling authors Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen return with an exhilarating and entertaining exploration of how mind, language and culture evolved. Providing a fresh outlook on these topical questions, they develop new and intriguing insights into the nature of evolution, science and humanity.

Electronic reproduction.

Available via World Wide Web.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780511541384 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

176122
Cognition and culture.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BF311 .S679 1997eb

Dewey Class. No.: 153.4/2

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