Evolution and the Human Mind Modularity, Language and Meta-Cognition

Name: Evolution and the Human Mind Modularity, Language and Meta-Cognition
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ISBN: 9780521783316

ISBN-10: 0521783313

ISBN-13: 9780521783316

Edition: 2000

Authors: Peter Carruthers, Andrew Chamberlain

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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 this collection of papers.

Book details

List price: $106.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/2/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 348
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.29" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.474



List of contributors


Preface



Introduction




Massively modular minds: evolutionary psychology and cognitive architecture




Individual differences in early understanding of mind: genes, non-shared environment and modularity




Darwin in the madhouse: evolutionary psychology and the classification of mental disorders




Evolution of the modern mind and the origins of culture: religious concepts as a limiting-case




Symmetry and the evolution of the modular linguistic mind




Evolution, communication and the proper function of language




The evolution of knowledge




Mind, brain and material culture: an archaeological perspective




The evolution of strategic thinking




On the origin of the human mind




The evolution of consciousness




Evolution, consciousness and the internality of the mind



References


Author index


Subject index