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The evolution of mind

Author: Denise D Cummins; Colin Allen
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In The Evolution of Mind, outstanding figures on the cutting edge of evolutionary psychology follow clues provided by current neuroscientific evidence to illuminate many puzzling questions of human cognitive evolution. With contributions from psychologists, ethologists, anthropologists, and philosophers, the book offers a broad range of approaches to explore the mysteries of the mind's evolution - from investigating  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Essays
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Denise D Cummins; Colin Allen
ISBN: 0195110536 9780195110531
OCLC Number: 37246453
Description: vi, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Ecological intelligence: an adaptation for frequencies / Gerd Gigerenzer --
Social norms and other minds: the evolutionary roots of higher cognition / Denise Dellarosa Cummins --
Building a cognitive creature from a set of primitives: evolutionary and developmental insights / Marc Hauser and Susan Carey --
An evolved capacity for number / Karen Wynn --
Cognitive ethology: the minds of children and animals / Carolyn A. Ristau --
Playing with play: what can we learn about cognition, negotiation, and evolution / Marc Bekoff --
The evolution of reference / Colin Allen and Eric Saidel --
Some issues in the evolution of language and thought / Paul Bloom --
Morgan's canon / Elliott Sober --
Do's and don't's for Darwinizing psychology / Lawrence A. Shapiro.
Responsibility: edited by Denise Dellarosa Cummins and Colin Allen.
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In The Evolution of Mind, outstanding figures on the cutting edge of evolutionary psychology follow clues provided by current neuroscientific evidence to illuminate many puzzling questions of human cognitive evolution. With contributions from psychologists, ethologists, anthropologists, and philosophers, the book offers a broad range of approaches to explore the mysteries of the mind's evolution - from investigating the biological functions of human cognition to drawing comparisons between human and animal cognitive abilities.

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