The crucible of consciousness : an integrated theory of mind and brain / Zoltan Torey ; with a foreword by Daniel C. Dennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Torey, Zoltan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consciousness.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st MIT Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text is an interdisciplinary examination of the evolutionary breakthroughs that rendered the brain accessible to itself.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface; Perspective; 1 The Emergence of the Human Brain; 2 Adaptive Changes for Speech and Thought; 3 The Evolution of Language; 4 More about Language; 6 Reflection: The Key to Human Awareness; 7 The Mind-System; 8 The Mind versus the Computer; 9 Evolution: The Model of the Loaded Dice; 10 Between the Quantum and the Cosmos; Notes; References; Bibliography; Glossary; Index

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

"A Bradford book".

Originally published: Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. With new foreword.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-26121-9

1-282-24035-8

9786612240355

0-262-25518-9

OCLC:

404005282