virus: Re: Book recommendation

From: David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Date: Sun Jan 04 2004 - 12:56:51 MST

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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.
    >
    > 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.
    >
    > The scope of the book is quite broad and could fit quite happily in
    > several categories:
    >
    > Philosopy of Mind
    > Evolution
    > Cognitive Science
    >
    > Yrs.,
    >
    > Mark Stagg 

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