Darwin's unsolved problem: The place of consciousness in an evolutionary world

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-120

  Smith, C U M ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beagle; Darwin; Double consciousness; Evolution; Fuegians; Mind

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; METAPHYSICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; THEORY OF MIND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; METAPHYSICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SELECTION, GENETIC; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 77952002970     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: 17445213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647040903504781     Document Type: Article

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