Incomplete Nature

Informationen zum Autor Terrence W. Deacon is a professor of biological anthropology and neuroscience and the chair of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. The author of The Symbolic Species and Incomplete Nature , he lives near Berkeley, California. Klappentext As scientists study the minutiae of subatomic particles, neural connections, and molecular compounds, their attempts at a "theory of everything" harbor a glaring omission: they still cannot explain us, the thoughts and perceptions that truly make us what we are. A masterwork that brings together science and philosophy, Incomplete Nature offers a revolutionary, captivating account of how life and consciousness emerged, revealing how our desires, feelings, and intentions can be understood in terms of the physical world. Zusammenfassung “A tour de force encompassing biology, neurobiology, metaphysics, information theory, physics, and semiotics.”—Publishers Weekly

About the author

Terrence W. Deacon is a professor of biological anthropology and neuroscience and the chair of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. The author of The Symbolic Species and Incomplete Nature, he lives near Berkeley, California.

Product details

• Authors: Terrence W. Deacon
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.03.2013
• EAN: 9780393343908
• ISBN: 978-0-393-34390-8
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 236 mm x 44 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; Anthropologie, Psychologie, Geschichte, Neurowissenschaft, Kognitionswissenschaft, Entwicklungsgeschichte, Philosophie des Geistes, Abstammung, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Evolution, Populärwissenschaftliche Werke, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, MEDICAL / Neuroscience