Mind Design The Adaptive Organization of

Mind Design: The Adaptive Organization of Human Nature, Minds, and Behaviordoes what most books on the subject donâ€™t do. It deals with the â€œbig questionsâ€ in psychology and philosophy from an evolutionary neuroscience perspective. This highly readable volume provides a provocative look at the evolutionary origins and neurophysiological underpinnings of mind-including free will, the self, biological origins of the duality of human moral nature, human mate value and mate selection, the sensory/perceptual systems as adaptive virtual reality machines, and the emotions, intelligence, and consciousness as evolved psychological adaptations.

The Majesty of Nature	p. 1
Brains, Minds, and Other Natural Matter: The Astonishing Hypothesis	p. 9
Plastic Brains and the "Right Stuff": The Astonishing Hypothesis, Part II	p. 53
Why We Do What We Do: From Reflex to Reflection; Volition and Free Will	p. 73
Building the Self, Degrees of Determinism, and Moral Responsibility	p. 111
Origins: Entropy, Life, and Psychology's First Fundamental Law	p. 155
Information, Learning, and the Nature-Nurture Continuum	p. 201
Sensory Systems, Virtual Reality Machines, And Worlds in the Mind	p. 253
Emotions, Life as a Social Creature, and the Duality of Human Moral Nature	p. 315
The Engines of Thought	p. 369
Notes	p. 415
References	p. 423
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