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virus: Re: Book recommendation
« on: 2004-01-04 14:56:51 » |
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Thanks for the suggestion, Mark.
David
Mark Stagg wrote:
> Thought the following book would make a worthy addition to your
> reading list.
>
> Pinker, S., How the Mind works, Penguin Press Science, 1999.
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> A convincing marrying of the theories of natural selection and the
> computational theory of mind. The basic idea being the mind comprised
> of a multitute of "mental organs" each selected to perform a range of
> different tasks (foraging, finding a mate, outwitting rivals etc.)
>
> Pinker covers a lot of ground right from how we percieve the world
> (and why we see it as we do) through to our higher cognitive fuctions
> and a brief mention of memetics. The chapters on the Darwinian
> evolution of emotional feeling is particularly interesting.
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> The scope of the book is quite broad and could fit quite happily in
> several categories:
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> Philosopy of Mind
> Evolution
> Cognitive Science
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> Yrs.,
>
> Mark Stagg
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