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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Intro; Table of Contents; Foreword, by Terrence Deacon; I. Overview; 1. The Mystery of Purpose; 2. The Biggest Mystery We Ever Ignore; 3. Deaconâ#x80;#x99;s Solution in Brief; II. Framing the Mystery; 4. Two Sources of Change; 5. Selves; 6. Two Ghosts, Two Machines; 7. Interpretation; 8. Aims; 9. Evolutionâ#x80;#x99;s Limited Limiting Role; III. Dead Ends, Live Clues; 10. The History; 11. Evolutionary Theoryâ#x80;#x99;s Elusive Self; 12. Information About Nothing for Anyone; 13. The Engineered Ghosts in Our Machines; 14. Small Is Dubious; IV. Grounding a Solution; 15. Processes of Emergent Elimination. |
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16. Second Law Irregularity17. Emergent Regularization; 18. Emergent Regularization vs. Emergent Self-Regeneration; 19. Other Emergent Regularization Dynamics; 20. Coupled Regularization Processes; V. Deaconâ#x80;#x99;s Solution; 21. Autogens: Self-Generators; 22. Evolved Autogens; 23. Where Is the Self?; 24. The Consequences of Self-Regeneration; VI. The Interpreting Self; 25. Codes, Signs, Interpreters; 26. Kinds of Signs; VII. Implications; 27. A Constraint-Based Approach to Evolutionary Theory; 28. Implications for the Free Will Debate?; 29. Making Science Safe for Value; Acknowledgments. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consciousness -- Philosophy.
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Consciousness -- Philosophy. |
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Consciousness. |
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Self-realization.
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Self-realization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Deacon, Terrence, author of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9780231545990 (electronic book) |
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0231545991 (electronic book) |
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9780231173322 |
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0231173326 |
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9780231173339 |
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0231173334 |
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