The Evolution of Consciousness: Of Darwin, Freud, and Cranial Fire - The Origins of the Way We Think
Language: English
Published by Prentice Hall Press, New York, 1991
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Seller: Belohlávek Books, Prestatyn, United KingdomBelohlávek Books
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First edition, first printing, with the complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Red cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering to spine. Clean and unmarked throughout. Binding firm. Dust jacket complete with original $25.00 price to front flap, showing general age-toning and light surface/edge wear. Robert Ornstein's interdisciplinary study of the development of the human mind, examining consciousness through evolutionary psychology, neuropsychology and the history of ideas. Beginning with Darwin and evolutionary theory, Ornstein considers the development of the brain and the persistence of older cognitive and emotional systems within modern human thought, while also engaging with Freud and changing historical conceptions of mind. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by Ted Dewan. An early-1990s contribution to the developing literature on consciousness and evolutionary accounts of cognition, written by the psychologist and consciousness researcher Robert Ornstein, author of The Psychology of Consciousness and The Psychology of Human Experience.…
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- Title
- The Evolution of Consciousness: Of Darwin, Freud, and Cranial Fire - The Origins of the Way We Think
- Author
- Robert Ornstein
- Publisher
- Prentice Hall Press, New York
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0135875692
- ISBN 13
- 9780135875698
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 0.75 kilograms
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