The evolution of mind

Author(s)

• Cummins, Denise D.
• Allen, Colin

Bibliographic Information

The evolution of mind

edited by Denise Dellarosa Cummins, and Colin Allen

Oxford University Press, 1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This edited volume presents original chapters from major figures working in the fields of evolutionary psychology and epistemology. Each chapter focuses on the evolution of mind and is written in a style that is easily attainable to professionals not in these areas, allowing them to grasp the importance of evolutionary psychology and how it deals with crucial cognitive issues.

Table of Contents

• 1. Ecological Intelligence: An Adaptation for Frequencies
• 2. The Evolutioary Roots of Intelligent Reasoning
• 3. Building a Cognitive Creature from a Set of Primitives: Evolutionary and Developmental Insights
• 5. An Evolved Capacity for Number
• 6. Playing with Play: What Can We Learn about Cognition, Negotiation, and Evolution
• 7. The Evolution of Reference
• 8. Some Issues in the Evolution of Language and Thought
• 9. Morgan's Canon
• 10. Do's and Don'ts for Darwinizing Psychology

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Details

• NCID: BA36319857
• ISBN:
  • 0195110536
• LCCN: 97028321
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 264 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF311
  • DC21 : 155.7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Cognition
  • LCSH : Behavior evolution
  • LCSH : Cognition and culture
  • LCSH : Psychology, Comparative
  • LCSH : Genetic psychology