TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ginsburg, Simona
AU  - Jablonka, Eva
TI  - The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul : : learning and the origins of consciousness
SN  - 9780262039307
U1  - 153 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - USA
PB  - MIT PRESS
KW  - Consciousness
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
KW  - Evolution
N1  - https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262039307/the-evolution-of-the-sensitive-soul
N2  - What marked the evolutionary transition from organisms that lacked consciousness to those with consciousness—to minimal subjective experiencing, or, as Aristotle described it, “the sensitive soul”? In this book, Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka propose a new theory about the origin of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in the transition to basic consciousness. Using a methodology similar to that used by scientists when they identified the transition from non-life to life, Ginsburg and Jablonka suggest a set of criteria, identify a marker for the transition to minimal consciousness, and explore the far-reaching biological, psychological, and philosophical implications
ER  -