Charles Whitehead

The Origin of Consciousness in the Social World Charles Whitehead

Brief Description: Milestone publications dealing with theory of mind, Machiavellian intelligence, and the social brain demonstrate that the origin of consciousness needs to be understood in a social context. The contributors to this volume introduce some of these anthropological themes. Brief Description: Western individualism has delayed scientific recognition of the essentially social nature of consciousness or at least of the human mind and brain. Milestone publications (in ethology, primatology and cognitive science), dealing with theory of mind..."