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Autore |
Torey Zoltan |
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Titolo |
The crucible of consciousness : an integrated theory of mind and brain / / Zoltan Torey ; with a foreword by Daniel C. Dennett |
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Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-26121-9 |
1-282-24035-8 |
9786612240355 |
0-262-25518-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st MIT Press ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A Bradford book"--Page 4 of cover. |
Originally published: Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. With new foreword. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text is an interdisciplinary examination of the evolutionary breakthroughs that rendered the brain accessible to itself. |
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