The Recursive Mind : : The Origins of Human Language, Thought, and Civilization - Updated Edition / / Michael C. Corballis.
The Recursive Mind challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. In this compelling book, Michael Corballis argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts. "I thi...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Updated edition with a New Foreword |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 6 halftones. 9 line illus. 2 maps. |
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