The recursive mind [electronic resource] : the origins of human language, thought, and civilization

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서명/저자사항	The recursive mind [electronic resource]: the origins of human language, thought, and civilization / Michael C. Corballis.
개인저자	Corballis, Michael C.
발행사항	Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford: Princeton University Press, c2011.
형태사항	1 online resource (x, 291 p.) : ill.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Corballis, Michael C. Recursive mind. Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2011 9780691145471
ISBN	9781400838332 (electronic bk.) 1400838339 (electronic bk.)
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-279) and index.
내용주기	pt. 1. Language -- pt. 2. Mental time travel -- pt. 3. Theory of mind -- pt. 4. Human evolution.
요약	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 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.
일반주제명	Evolutionary psychology. Human evolution. Brain --Evolution. Language and languages --Origin. PSYCHOLOGY --Developmental --Lifespan Development. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS --Life Stages --General. PSYCHOLOGY --Developmental --General. PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology.
분류기호(DDC)	155.7
언어	영어
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