The first minds: caterpillars, ‛karyotes, and consciousness
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Beteilige Person: Reber, Arthur S. 1940- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2019]
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Abstract:This work presents a novel theory of the origins of mind and consciousness dubbed the Cellular Basis of Consciousness (CBC). It argues that sentience emerged with life itself. The most primitive unicellular species of bacteria are conscious, though it is a sentience of a primitive kind. They have minds, though they are tiny and limited in scope. Hints that cells might be conscious can be found in the writings of a few cell biologists but a fully developed theory has never been put forward before.
Umfang:xxxii, 261 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780190854157