Mental Evolution in Man: Origin of Human Faculty - Couverture rigide

Romanes, George John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1437272290 ISBN 13 : 9781437272291

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

""Mental Evolution In Man: Origin Of Human Faculty"" is a book written by George John Romanes in 1889. The book explores the evolution of human intelligence and the development of mental faculties in humans. Romanes draws on the theories of Charles Darwin and other prominent scientists of the time to explain how humans acquired their unique cognitive abilities. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the evolution of language, the development of consciousness, and the role of culture in shaping human intelligence. Romanes also discusses the differences between human and animal intelligence, and argues that humans are unique in their ability to reason abstractly and to engage in complex social interactions. The book is a seminal work in the field of evolutionary psychology and remains an important reference for scholars interested in the origins of human intelligence.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

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Présentation de l'éditeur

George John Romanes (1848–94) was considered by The Times to be 'the biological investigator upon whom in England the mantle of Mr. Darwin has most conspicuously descended'. Incorporating some of Darwin's unpublished notes, this book explores the question of whether human intelligence evolved. In a stance still often considered controversial at the time of its first printing in 1888, the first half establishes a link between humans and animals, and introduces some of the most important issues of nineteenth-century evolutionary psychology: the impact of relative brain sizes of humans and primates, the origin of self-consciousness and the possible reasons behind the apparent mental stasis of what Romanes terms 'savage man'. Following the argument that one of the main factors to be considered is language, the second half focuses on philology. Romanes' earlier work, Mental Evolution in Animals (1883), is also reissued in this series.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1437272290
• ISBN 13: 9781437272291
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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