Prehension : the hand and the emergence of humanity / / Colin McGinn
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| Autore: |
McGinn Colin <1950->
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| Titolo: |
Prehension : the hand and the emergence of humanity / / Colin McGinn
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 599.93/8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Human evolution |
| Hand - Evolution | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Origins of humanity -- Two evolutionary principles -- Human prehistory -- Characteristics of the human hand -- Hands and tools -- Hands and language -- Ostension and prehension -- From signs to speech -- Hand and mind -- Selective cognition and the mouth -- The origin of sentience -- The meaning of the grip -- A culture of hands -- Arboreal remnants -- The future of the hand. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In praise of the hand: A philosopher considers the crucial role of the hand in human evolution, particularly with respect to language. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Prehension |
| ISBN: | 0-262-33104-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910797544103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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