The evolution of consciousness and the theology of nature

Zygon

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 283-306

  Peterson, Gregory R ^a  

^a Thiel College   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ethology; Cognitive science; Consciousness; Elizabeth Sue Savage Rumbaugh; Emergence; Human uniqueness; Image of God; Irene M. Pepperberg; Locus humanus; Mind; Ren Descartes

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844433565     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00213     Document Type: Article

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