The Form of Man: The Evolutionary Origins of Human Intelligence (Evolution of Human Intelligence) - Hardcover

Itzkoff, Seymour W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 091399300X ISBN 13: 9780913993002

Publisher: Paideia Pub, 1983

Synopsis

We have resisted explanations of human behaviour derived from biology because they are often couched in terms of rat biology psychology or ape territorality. Yet common sense dictates a biological explanation of human evolution, intelligence and culture. 'The Form of Man' presents a new interpretation, consonant with Darwinian evolutionary theory, recent evidence of human evolution, and the realities of cultural life. The exploration begins with the study of the form of life, traversing the tentative gropings of intelligent organic matter in its long struggle to establish itself as life's major adaption. Itzkoff explains how intelligence as an adaption is the slowest and most complex of life's vehicles to escape the degradation of energy predicted by the second law of thermodynamics.

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Review

-An important contribution to the Field.- (Choice)
-Enjoyable reading...well written and informative. 'The Form0of Man' fills a real need in this field.- (Arthur R. Jensen, University of California, Berkeley)
-Itzkoff has done a fine and very credible job...one of the more important books on the human dilemma.- (Eric Pianka, University of Texas, Austin)
-...a lucid and eclectic account of the human evolutionaly story.- (David Pilbeam, Harvard University)
-Dr. Itzkoff is an interesting and informed man...his approach is original and stimulating.- (Animal Behaviour, UK)
-Admires Itzkoff's scholarship, judgement in topic selection, and thorough coverage...well written and researched.- (Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University)
-I recommend Seymour Itzkoff's volumes as cornerstones for the library of anyone interested in a perfect or imperfect evolution.- (Russell Gardner, The ASCAP Newsletter)>"

About the Author

SEYMOUR W. ITZKOFF was trained in music, philosophy of science, and educational theory. He has been a professor at Smith College since 1965. Author of twelve books, he recently completed a four-part series on the "evolution of human intelligence," which has elicited much praise as well as controversy. In 1991 Itzkoff authored Human Intelligence and National Power (Peter Lang). He is also the author of Ernst Cassirer: Scientific Knowledge and the Concept of Man (1971), Emanuel Feuermann, Virtuoso (1979), and How We Learn to Read (1986).

Edition details

• Publisher: Paideia Pub
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 091399300X
• ISBN 13: 9780913993002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336