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Other minds

Paperback • 2018 • English • 1. edition

Other minds: the octopus and the evolution of intelligent life

By Godfrey-Smith, Peter

2 Ratings • 3.0 of 5

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About the book

What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself - a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind's fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the firs...Show more

Psychology: states of consciousness
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ISBN

9780008226299

Publisher

William Collins

Published year

2018

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Other minds

Format

Paperback

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