The Resource Other minds : the octupus and evolution of intelligent life, Peter Godfrey-Smith
Other minds : the octupus and evolution of intelligent life, Peter Godfrey-Smith
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- Summary
- What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself - a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind's fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so - a journey completely independent from the route that mammals and birds would later take. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually 'think for themselves'? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind - and on our own
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- First published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2016 as Other minds: the octopus, the sea, and the deep origins of consciousness
- Contents
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- Meetings across the tree of life. Two meetings and a departure ; Outlines
- A history of animals. Beginnings ; Living together ; Neurons and nervous systems ; The garden ; Senses ; The fork
- Mischief and craft. In a sponge garden ; Evolution of the cephalopods ; Puzzles of octopus intelligence ; Visiting Octopolis ; Nervous evolution ; Body and control ; Convergence and divergence
- From white noise to consciousness. What it's like ; Evolution of experience ; Latecomer versus transformation ; The case of the octopus
- Making colors. The giant cuttlefish ; Making colors ; Seeing colors ; Being seen ; Baboon and squid ; Symphony
- Our minds and others ; From Hume to Vygotsky ; Word made flesh ; Conscious experience ; Full circle
- Experience compressed. Decline ; Life and death ; A swarm of motorcycles ; Long and short lives ; Ghosts
- Octopolis. An armful of octopuses ; Origins of Octopolis ; Parallel lines ; The oceans
- Isbn
- 9780008226312
- Label
- Other minds : the octupus and evolution of intelligent life
- Title
- Other minds
- Title remainder
- the octupus and evolution of intelligent life
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the encounter? In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself - a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind's fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so - a journey completely independent from the route that mammals and birds would later take. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually 'think for themselves'? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind - and on our own
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Godfrey-Smith, Peter
- Dewey number
- 594
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Philosophy and science
- Octopuses
- Animal communication
- Nervous system
- Cephalopoda
- Cephalopoda
- Consciousness
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Other minds : the octupus and evolution of intelligent life, Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Note
- First published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2016 as Other minds: the octopus, the sea, and the deep origins of consciousness
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
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- txt
- sti
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Meetings across the tree of life. Two meetings and a departure ; Outlines -- A history of animals. Beginnings ; Living together ; Neurons and nervous systems ; The garden ; Senses ; The fork -- Mischief and craft. In a sponge garden ; Evolution of the cephalopods ; Puzzles of octopus intelligence ; Visiting Octopolis ; Nervous evolution ; Body and control ; Convergence and divergence -- From white noise to consciousness. What it's like ; Evolution of experience ; Latecomer versus transformation ; The case of the octopus -- Making colors. The giant cuttlefish ; Making colors ; Seeing colors ; Being seen ; Baboon and squid ; Symphony -- Our minds and others ; From Hume to Vygotsky ; Word made flesh ; Conscious experience ; Full circle -- Experience compressed. Decline ; Life and death ; A swarm of motorcycles ; Long and short lives ; Ghosts -- Octopolis. An armful of octopuses ; Origins of Octopolis ; Parallel lines ; The oceans
- Control code
- 000059900248
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780008226312
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- be2017000716
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)982030829
- Label
- Other minds : the octupus and evolution of intelligent life, Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Note
- First published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2016 as Other minds: the octopus, the sea, and the deep origins of consciousness
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Meetings across the tree of life. Two meetings and a departure ; Outlines -- A history of animals. Beginnings ; Living together ; Neurons and nervous systems ; The garden ; Senses ; The fork -- Mischief and craft. In a sponge garden ; Evolution of the cephalopods ; Puzzles of octopus intelligence ; Visiting Octopolis ; Nervous evolution ; Body and control ; Convergence and divergence -- From white noise to consciousness. What it's like ; Evolution of experience ; Latecomer versus transformation ; The case of the octopus -- Making colors. The giant cuttlefish ; Making colors ; Seeing colors ; Being seen ; Baboon and squid ; Symphony -- Our minds and others ; From Hume to Vygotsky ; Word made flesh ; Conscious experience ; Full circle -- Experience compressed. Decline ; Life and death ; A swarm of motorcycles ; Long and short lives ; Ghosts -- Octopolis. An armful of octopuses ; Origins of Octopolis ; Parallel lines ; The oceans
- Control code
- 000059900248
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780008226312
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- be2017000716
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)982030829
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