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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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword to the Paperback Edition
- Preface
- Chapter 1. What Is Recursion?
- Part 1
- Language
- Chapter 2. Language and Recursion
- Chapter 3. Do Animals Have Language?
- Chapter 4. How Language Evolved from Hand to Mouth
- Part 2
- Mental Time Travel
- Chapter 5. Reliving the Past
- Chapter 6. About Time
- Chapter 7. The Grammar of Time
- Part 3
- Theory of Mind
- Chapter 8. Mind Reading
- Chapter 9. Language and Mind
- Part 4
- Human Evolution
- Chapter 10. The Recurring Question
- Chapter 11. Becoming Human
- Chapter 12. Becoming Modern
- Chapter 13. Final Thoughts
- Notes
- References
- Index