Mental Evolution in Animals - Couverture souple

Romanes, George John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1417921838 ISBN 13 : 9781417921836

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing Co, 2004

Synopsis

Mental Evolution in Animals is a book written by George John Romanes, a British biologist and philosopher. The book explores the mental capacities of animals and how they have evolved over time. Romanes argues that animals have the ability to reason, learn, and communicate, and that these abilities have developed gradually over millions of years. He also discusses the relationship between mental evolution and physical evolution, and how the two are intertwined. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of mental evolution in animals. Romanes draws on examples from a wide range of species, from insects to primates, to illustrate his arguments. Mental Evolution in Animals is an important work in the history of animal psychology and continues to be studied and debated by scientists today.1885. With a posthumous essay on instinct by Charles Darwin. Romanes, British biologist, was personal friends with Charles Darwin who had substantial influence on his studies. Despite early strong religious beliefs, Romanes was converted to Darwinism. His work, Mental Evolution in Animals, traces the parallel development of intelligence in the animal world and in man. Contents: The Criterion of Mind; The Structure and Functions of Nerve-Tissue; The Physical Basis of Mind; The Root-Principles of Mind; Explanation of the Diagram; Consciousness; Sensation; Pleasures and Pains, Memory, and Association of Ideas; Perception; Imagination; Instinct; Reason; and Animal Emotions, and Summary of Intellectual Faculties.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It will be observed that the title of this volume isM ental Evolution in A nimals. The reasons which have led me to depart from my intention (as expressed in the Preface of Animal Intelligence )to devote the present essay to mental evolution in man as well as in animals, are given in the introductory chapter. It may appear that in the following pages a somewhat disproportionate amount of space has been allotted to the treatment of I nstinct; but, looking to the confusion which prevails with reference to this important branch of psychology in the writino-s of our leading authorities, I have deemed it desirable to consider the subject exhaustively. It is, I think, desirable briefly to explain the circumstances under which I have been enabled to produce so much liitherto unpublished material from the MSS of the late Mr. Darwin, and also to state the extent to which I have availed myself of such of this unpublished material as came into my hands. As I have already explained, in the Preface of Animal I ntelligence, Mr. Darwin liimself gave me all his MSS relating to psychological subjects, with the request that I should publish any parts of them that I chose in my works on Mental Evolution. But after his death I felt that the circumstances with reference to this kind offer were changed, and that I should scarcely be justified in appropriating so much material, the value of which had become enhanced. I therefore published at theL innean Society, and with the consent of ]I r.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

George John Romanes (1848–94), considered by The Times to be 'the biological investigator upon whom in England the mantle of Mr. Darwin has most conspicuously descended', wrote this influential work on the evolution of the mental faculties of animals in 1883. The two scientists were close friends, and Darwin gave Romanes his notes on psychology to use in his studies. Much of the book is devoted to instinct, and contained in the appendix is a posthumous essay by Darwin on the subject, originally intended for a later edition of On the Origin of Species. Romanes' method of using anecdotal evidence over empirical research has been criticised, but this book stands as an influential work in the history of evolutionary biology; it was followed in 1888 by his Mental Evolution in Man (also reissued in this series), which discussed some of the most important issues of nineteenth-century evolutionary psychology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1417921838
• ISBN 13: 9781417921836
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 420
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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