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Foreword |
by Daniel C Dennett |
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Preface |
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Perspective. The problem ; The path to the solution ; Some technical aspects |
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The emergence of the human brain. The upgrading of the prehuman brain ; Modifications that underlie language ; The internal representation of the outside world |
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Adaptive changes for speech and thought. Dual excitation and the oscillation of attention ; The building blocks of language |
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The evolution of language. The breakthrough to protolanguage ; Secondary language evolution ; Using the language instrument ; Language and the limits of abstraction |
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More about language. The perceptual basis of language ; The acquisition of language by the child ; Ape talk : a tip without an iceberg |
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Self-accessibility. Problems of self-detection ; Elements of self-detection |
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Reflection: the key to human awareness. Double-stranded reentrance ; The mechanism of reflective awareness ; Self-awareness |
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The mind-system. The new identity : brain to mind ; The alchemy of self-deception ; Problems with self-conceptualization ; The "freedom" of the system : fact and fiction about the mind |
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The mind versus the computer. Formalism and the logic of misconstruction ; Model formation and the role of semantics ; Society and the shaping of the mind |
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Evolution : the model of the loaded dice. The watershed of insights ; Prejudice and counterprejudice |
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Between the quantum and the cosmos. A range of perspectives ; Light at the end of the tunnel |
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Foreword |
by Daniel C Dennett |
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Preface |
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Perspective. The problem ; The path to the solution ; Some technical aspects |
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