Cambridge University Press, 11/2/2000EAN 9780521783316, ISBN10: 0521783313Hardcover, 348 pages, 22.9 x 15.8 x 2.5 cmLanguage: EnglishHow did our minds evolve? Can evolutionary considerations illuminate the question of the basic architecture of the human mind? These are two of the main questions addressed in Evolution and the Human Mind by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists and archaeologists. The essays focus especially on issues to do with modularity of mind, the evolution and significance of natural language, and the evolution of our capacity for meta-cognition (thought about thought), together with its implications for consciousness. The editors have provided an introduction that lays out the background to the questions which the essays address, and a consolidated bibliography that will be a valuable reference resource for all those interested in this area. The volume will be of great interest to all researchers and students interested in the evolution and nature of the mind.List of contributorsPreface1. Introduction Peter Carruthers and Andrew Chamberlain2. Massively modular mindsevolutionary psychology and cognitive architecture Richard Samuels3. Individual differences in early understanding of mindgenes, non-shared environment and modularity Claire Hughes and Robert Plomin4. Darwin in the madhouseevolutionary psychology and the classification of mental disorders Dominic Murphy and Stephen Stich5. Evolution of the modern mind and the origins of culturereligious concepts as a limiting case Pascal Boyer6. Symmetry and the evolution of the modular linguistic mind Thomas Wynn7. Evolution, communication and the proper function of language Gloria Origgi and Dan Sperber8. The evolution of knowledge David Papineau9. Mind, brain and material culturean archaeological perspective Steven Mithen10. The evolution of strategic thinking Adam Morton11. On the origin of the human mind Robin Dunbar12. The evolution of consciousness Peter Carruthers13. Evolution, consciousness and the internality of the mind Jim HopkinsReferencesAuthor indexSubject index.
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