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100 1 _aCorballis, Michael C.
245 1 4 _aThe recursive mind :
_bthe origins of human language, thought, and civilization /
_cMichael C. Corballis.
260 _aPrinceton :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c©2011.
300 _ax, 291 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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500 _aNew Zealand author.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 253-279) and index.
505 0 _aWhat is recursion? -- Part 1. Language: Language and recursion -- Do animals have language? -- How language evolved from hand to mouth -- Part 2. Mental time travel: Reliving the past -- About time -- The grammar of time -- Part 3. Theory of mind: Mind reading -- Language and mind -- Part 4. Human evolution: The recurring question -- Becoming human -- Becoming modern -- Final thoughts.
520 _aThe 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 think, therefore I am," is an example of recursive thought, because the thinker has inserted himself into his thought. Recursion enables us to conceive of our own minds and the minds of others. It also gives us the power of mental "time travel"--The ability to insert past experiences, or imagined future ones, into present consciousness. Drawing on neuroscience, psychology, animal behavior, anthropology, and archaeology, Corballis demonstrates how these recursive structures led to the emergence of language and speech, which ultimately enabled us to share our thoughts, plan with others, and reshape our environment to better reflect our creative imaginations. He shows how the recursive mind was critical to survival in the harsh conditions of the Pleistocene epoch, and how it evolved to foster social cohesion. He traces how language itself adapted to recursive thinking, first through manual gestures, then later, with the emergence of Homo sapiens, vocally. Toolmaking and manufacture arose, and the application of recursive principles to these activities in turn led to the complexities of human civilization, the extinction of fellow large-brained hominins like the Neandertals, and our species' supremacy over the physical world. - Publisher's Description.
650 0 _aEvolutionary psychology.
650 0 _aLanguage and languages
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650 0 _aThought and thinking.
650 0 _aCognition and culture.
650 0 _aHuman evolution.
650 0 _aBrain
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650 1 2 _aLanguage.
650 2 2 _aThinking.
650 2 2 _aBiological Evolution.
650 2 2 _aBrain.
650 7 _aBrain
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650 7 _aEvolutionary psychology.
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650 7 _aHuman evolution.
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650 7 _aLanguage and languages
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650 7 _aThought and thinking.
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650 7 _aEvolution.
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650 7 _aKognition.
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650 7 _aPsychologie.
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650 7 _aRekursion.
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650 7 _aSprachursprung.
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650 7 _aKognitive Entwicklung.
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650 7 _aDenken.
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650 7 _aSubjektive Theorie.
_2idszbz
650 7 _aZivilisation.
_2idszbz
650 7 _aHominisation.
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650 7 _aLanguage and languages
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650 7 _aLanguage evolution.
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650 7 _aEvolutionspsykologi.
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650 7 _aSpråkets uppkomst.
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650 7 _aHjärna
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650 7 _aKognition.
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650 4 _aEvrimsel psikoloji.
650 4 _aDil ve diller
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650 4 _aDüşünce ve düşünme.
650 4 _aBiliş ve kültür.
650 4 _aİnsan evrimi.
650 4 _aBeyin
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