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Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture
Gary Pi Hatfield
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hardcover. Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture draws together studies in archaeology, anthropology, psychology, philosophy, genetics, neuroscience, and environmental science to investigate the evolution of the human mind, the brain, and the human capacity for culture. Editor(s): Hatfield, Gary; Pittman, Holly. Num Pages: 496 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JMH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1076.
Descartes boldly claimed: "I think, therefore I am." But one might well ask: Why do we think? How? When and why did our human ancestors develop language and culture? In other words, what makes the human mind human?
Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture offers a comprehensive and scientific investigation of these perennial questions. Fourteen essays bring together the work of archaeologists, cultural and physical anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, geneticists, a neuroscientist, and an environmental scientist to explore the evolution of the human mind, the brain, and the human capacity for culture. The volume represents and critically engages ... Read more
Descartes boldly claimed: "I think, therefore I am." But one might well ask: Why do we think? How? When and why did our human ancestors develop language and culture? In other words, what makes the human mind human?
Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture offers a comprehensive and scientific investigation of these perennial questions. Fourteen essays bring together the work of archaeologists, cultural and physical anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, geneticists, a neuroscientist, and an environmental scientist to explore the evolution of the human mind, the brain, and the human capacity for culture. The volume represents and critically engages ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
1084g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, United States
ISBN
9781934536490
SKU
V9781934536490
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About Gary Pi Hatfield
Gary Hatfield is Adam Seybert Professor in Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Holly Pittman is Bok Family Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, and Curator in the Near East Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
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