A History of the Mind by Nicholas Humphrey
This book is a tour-de-force on how human consciousness may have evolved. From the phantom pain experienced by people who have lost their limbs to the uncanny faculty of blindsight, Humphrey argues that raw sensations are central to all conscious states and that consciousness must have evolved, just like all other mental faculties, over time from our ancestors'bodily responses to pain and pleasure.Humphrey is one of that growing band of scientists who beat literary folk at their own game-RICHARD DAWKINS
A wonderful bookbrilliant, unsettling, and beautifully written. Humphrey cuts bravely through the currents of contemporary thinking, opening up new vistas on old problems offering a feast of provocative ideas. -DANIEL DENET
Nicholas Humphrey is a professor emeritus of psychology at the London School of Economics, having previously held positions at Oxford and Cambridge universities. A History of the Mind and Seeing Red are two of his many publications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780671686444 |
| ISBN 10 | 0671686445 |
| Title | A History of the Mind |
| Author | Nicholas Humphrey |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 1992-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 238 |
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