Browsing by Subject "Evolutionary"

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    • The Ancient Origins of Consciousness: How the Brain Created Experience 

      Feinberg, Todd E.; Mallatt, Jon M. (MIT Press, 2016)
      How is consciousness created? When did it first appear on Earth, and how did it evolve? What constitutes consciousness, and which animals can be said to be sentient? In this book, Todd Feinberg and Jon Mallatt draw on ...

    • Efficient Cognition: The Evolution of Representational Decision Making 

      Schulz, Armin W. (MIT Press, 2018)
      An argument that representational decision making is more cognitively efficient, allowing an organism to adjust more easily to changes in the environment. Many organisms (including humans) make decisions by relying on ...

    • The Maternal Factor: Two Paths to Morality 

      Noddings, Nel (University of California Press, 2010)
      In this provocative new book, renowned educator and philosopher Nel Noddings extends her influential work on the ethics of care toward a compelling objective global peace and justice. She asks: If we celebrate the success ...

    • The Oxford Handbook of Happiness 

      David, Susan; Boniwell, Ilona; Ayers, Amanda Conley (Oxford University Press, 2013)
      In recent decades there has been a shift in focus from psychological and social problems-what might be called the "dark side" of humanity-to human well-being and flourishing. The Positive Psychology movement, along with ...