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Incomplete nature : how mind emerged from matter / Terrence W. Deacon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 602 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780393049916 (hbk.)
  • 0393049914 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 612.8/2
LOC classification:
  • QP 411 D278i 2012
NLM classification:
  • 2011 L-398
  • WL 705
Contents:
Absence -- (W)holes -- Homunculi -- Golems -- Teleonomy -- Emergence -- Constraint -- Homeodynamics -- Morphodynamics -- Teleodynamics -- Autogenesis -- Work -- Information -- Significance -- Evolution -- Self -- Sentience -- Consciousness -- Epilogue.
Summary: Examines the emergent processes that bridge the gap between organisms that think and have consciousness and those that do not and discusses the origins of life, information, and free will.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QP 411 D278i 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000108838

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Absence -- (W)holes -- Homunculi -- Golems -- Teleonomy -- Emergence -- Constraint -- Homeodynamics -- Morphodynamics -- Teleodynamics -- Autogenesis -- Work -- Information -- Significance -- Evolution -- Self -- Sentience -- Consciousness -- Epilogue.

Examines the emergent processes that bridge the gap between organisms that think and have consciousness and those that do not and discusses the origins of life, information, and free will.

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