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020			_a9780008226299 (pbk.)
082			_a128.2 _bSMI
100			_aSmith, Peter Godfrey _910354
245			_aOther minds : _bthe octopus and the evolution of intelligent life
260			_aLondon _bWilliam Collins _c2016
300			_axii, 255p.,
500			_ahttps://www.williamcollinsbooks.co.uk/products/other-minds-the-octopus-and-the-evolution-of-intelligent-life-peter-godfrey-smith-9780008226299/
520			_a"In Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith, a distinguished philosopher of science and a skilled scuba diver, tells a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself – a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind’s fitful development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells to the first evolved nervous systems in ancient relatives of jellyfish, he explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods, which began as inconspicuous molluscs who would later abandon their shells to rise above the ocean floor, searching for prey and acquiring the greater intelligence needed to do so – a journey completely independent from the route that mammals and birds would later take. But what kind of intelligence do cephalopods possess? How did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? What is it like to have eight tentacles that are so packed with neurons that they virtually ‘think for themselves’? By tracing the question of inner life back to its roots and comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Godfrey-Smith casts crucial new light on the octopus mind – and on our own."
650			_aConsciousness _91462
650			_aPhilosophy and science _99792
650			_aAnimal communication--Evolution _910355
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