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Author:

Barrett, H. Clark, author.

Title:

The shape of thought : how mental adaptations evolve / H. Clark Barrett.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

vii, 397 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Thought and thinking.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the problem -- Evolution -- Additivism -- Hill-climbing -- Information -- Adding value -- Social ontology -- Minds -- Development -- Development -- Open ends -- Culture -- Moving targets -- Culture -- Accumulation -- Architecture -- Parts -- Wholes -- Us -- Conclusion: possibilities -- References -- Index.

Series:

Evolution and cognition

ISBN:

0199348316
9780199348312
0199348308
9780199348305

OCLC:

(OCoLC)881386175

LCCN:

2014007239

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)