Prehension
The Hand and the Emergence of Humanity
$54.07
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2017
Summary
In praise of the hand- A philosopher considers the crucial role of the hand in human evolution, particularly with respect to language. “McGinn is an ingenious philosopher who thinks like a laser and writes like a dream.”-Steven PinkerThis book is a hymn to the hand. In Prehension, Colin McGinn links questions from science to philosophical concerns to consider something that we take for granted- the importance of the hand in everything we do. Drawing on evolutionary biology, anatomy, archaeolo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262533645 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262533642 |
| Author: | Colin McGinn |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 13mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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About The Author
Colin McGinn
Colin McGinn has taught philosophy at institutions of higher learning including University College London, Rutgers University, and Oxford University. He is the author of The Character of Mind, Consciousness and Its Objects, The Meaning of Disgust, Philosophy of Language- The Classics Explained, Inborn Knowledge- The Mystery Within, Prehension- The Hand and the Emergence of Humanity (the last three published by the MIT Press), and other books.
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