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The mind made flesh : essays from the frontiers of psychology and evolution / Nicholas Humphrey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Humphrey, Nicholas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consciousness.
- Genetic psychology.
- Self.
- Physical Description:
- x, 366 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Nicholas Humphrey's writings about the evolution of the mind have done much to set the agenda for contemporary psychology. Here, in a series of riveting essays, he invites us to 'take another look' at a variety of the central and not-so-central issues: the evolution of consciousness, the nature of the self, multiple personality disorder, the placebo effect, cave art, religious miracles, medieval animal trials, the seductions of dictatorship, and much more.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0192802275
- OCLC:
- 49238803
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