Prehension - The Hand and the Emergence of Humanity
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book is a hymn to the hand. In Prehension, Colin McGinn links questions from science to philosophical concerns to consider something that we take for granted: the importance of the hand in everything we do. Drawing on evolutionary biology, anatomy,...
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This book is a hymn to the hand. In Prehension, Colin McGinn links questions from science to philosophical concerns to consider something that we take for granted: the importance of the hand in everything we do. Drawing on evolutionary biology, anatomy, archaeology, linguistics, psychology, and philosophy, among other disciplines, McGinn examines the role of the hand in shaping human evolution. He finds that the development of our capacity to grasp, to grip, to take hold (also known as prehension) is crucial in the emergence of Homo sapiens. McGinn sings the praises of the hand, and evolution, in a philosophical key. He mixes biology, anthropology, analytical philosophy, existential philosophy, sheer speculation, and utter amazement to celebrate humans¿ achievement of humanity.
Autoren-Porträt von Colin McGinn
Colin McGinn has taught philosophy at institutions of higher learning including University College London, Rutgers University, and Oxford University. He is the author of The Character of Mind, Consciousness and Its Objects, The Meaning of Disgust, The Philosophy of Language: The Classics Explained (MIT Press), and other books.
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- Autor: Colin McGinn
- 2015, 208 Seiten, Maße: 13,9 x 21,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: MIT Press
- ISBN-10: 0262029324
- ISBN-13: 9780262029322
- Erscheinungsdatum: 11.09.2015
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Englisch
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