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The intelligent genome : on the origin of the human mind by mutation and selection /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heschl, Adolf
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Nature Explains Nurture13
  • 1 The Myth of a Wonder of Nature21
  • 2 Evolutionary Epistemology or the Difficulties of Getting Started27
  • 3 To Be or Not to Be37
  • 4 Chance as Necessity46
  • 5 The Indivisible Individual51
  • 6 L=C59
  • 7 The Central Dogma Reformulated68
  • 8 Learning: Appearances are Deceptive78
  • 9 Edelman's Errors97
  • 1o On the Heritability of Jazzophilia110
  • 11 A Superfluous Law of Evolution128
  • 12 The "Wonder" of Language149
  • 13 Intelligent Sex: A Cognitivist View of Genetic Exchange Processes175
  • 14 How to Explain Consciousness211
  • 15 The True Nature of Scientific Revolutions234
  • 16 "Evolution Has Us in Its Grip"260
  • 17 The Survival of the Most Intelligent274
  • 18 The Cultural Struggle of Genes296
  • 19 Requiem for a Wonder of Nature304
  • Literature316
  • Acknowledgement of sources350
  • Appendix351
  • Index355.