Prologue PART 1: The Need for a Theory of Cognitive Evolution Mental Architecture as an Emergent Phenomenon Culture as Evidence for Cognitive Structure The Organization of This Book PART 2:
A wonderful book that deserves to be read by everyone interested in the human mind. It weaves together the best available evidence into a convincing theory of cognition, culture, consciousness, and communication--their structure, evolution, meaning, and future. -- Hans Moravec Carnegie Mellon University A radically different evolutionary framework for the understanding of mind and behavior: I don't know when I have enjoyed reading a book more, or when I have learned so much from one. -- Sheldon White, Harvard University
Merlin Donald is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychology at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.
Origins of the Modern Mind is an admirable book… Its author
displays throughout an engaging enthusiasm, a fertile imagination
and an impressive knowledge of his subject-matter.
*Times Literary Supplement*
A fine, provocative and absorbing account of what makes humans
human.
*Kirkus Reviews*
Nowadays one hears…that hand-held calculators destroy young
people’s motivation to learn arithmetic. But not to worry, says
Merlin Donald, author of this revelatory but demanding history of
human consciousness. He welcomes the computer, as well as other
forms of electronic storage and manipulation of data and images,
including TV, as the highest stage of mental development—and
perhaps the final one.
*Los Angeles Times*
A wonderful book that deserves to be read by everyone interested in
the human mind. It weaves together the best available evidence into
a convincing theory of cognition, culture, consciousness, and
communication—their structure, evolution, meaning, and future.
*Hans Moravec, Carnegie Mellon University*
A radically different evolutionary framework for the understanding
of mind and behavior: I don’t know when I have enjoyed reading a
book more, or when I have learned so much from one.
*Sheldon White, Harvard University*
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