Evolution and the Human Mind

Evolution and the Human Mind by Peter Carruthers

How did our minds evolve? Can evolutionary considerations illuminate the question of the basic architecture of the human mind? These are two of the main questions addressed in Evolution and the Human Mind by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists and archaeologists. The essays focus especially on issues to do with modularity of mind, the evolution and significance of natural language, and the evolution of our capacity for meta-cognition (thought about thought), together with its implications for consciousness. The editors have provided an introduction that lays out the background to the questions which the essays address, and a consolidated bibliography that will be a valuable reference resource for all those interested in this area. The volume will be of great interest to all researchers and students interested in the evolution and nature of the mind.

'… it is the combination of its desire to pull together scholars from different disciplines and the calibre of the individual papers, often heavily interdisciplinary themselves, which deems the book a success' Cambridge Archaeological Journal
'… would recommend this book to anyone interested in the nature and evolution of human mind and language …' JRAI

Campbell Price is Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum, the University of Manchester

Roger Forshaw is Research Associate in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Manchester

Andrew Chamberlain is Professor of Bioarchaeology at the University of Manchester

Paul Nicholson is Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University

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ISBN 13	9780521789080
ISBN 10	0521789087
Title	Evolution and the Human Mind
Author	Peter Carruthers
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2000-11-02
Number of pages	348
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