George Ellis, Mark Solms

Beyond Evolutionary Psychology

How and Why Neuropsychological Modules Arise

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a compelling unifying theory of which aspects of the brain are innate and which are not.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781107053687
• ISBN-10: 1107053684
• Artikelnr.: 47973021

Autorenporträt

George Ellis is Emeritus Professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Cape Town, and visiting Professor in the Physics Department, University of Oxford. He co-authored, with Stephen Hawking, The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (Cambridge, 1975). He has been awarded the Star of South Africa Medal by President Nelson Mandela, the Order of Mapungubwe by President Thabo Mbeki, and the Templeton Prize. He has many awards including six honorary doctorates, the latest being awarded by the University of Paris. His latest book is How Can Physics Underlie the Mind? Top-Down Causation in the Human Context (2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The mind and the brain
3. Hierarchy, modularity and development
4. Claims of innate modularity
5. The mind and emotions
6. A realistic view of evolution, development and emotions
7. Conclusion
Appendix. Language infinities
References
Index.