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The evolution of the sensitive soul [electronic resource] learning and the origins of consciousness
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| 서명/저자사항 | The evolution of the sensitive soul : learning and the origins of consciousness/ Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka. [electronic resource]. |
| 개인저자 | Ginsburg, Simona,author. Jablonka, Eva,author, |
| 발행사항 | Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2019. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (640 pages). |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Ginsburg, Simona, author. Evolution of the sensitive soul 9780262039307 |
| ISBN | 9780262351096 0262351099 |
| 요약 | A new theory about the origins of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in the evolutionary transition to basic consciousness. What marked the evolutionary transition from organisms that lacked consciousness to those with consciousness--to minimal subjective experiencing, or, as Aristotle described it, "the sensitive soul" In this book, Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka propose a new theory about the origin of consciousness that finds learning to be the driving force in the transition to basic consciousness. Using a methodology similar to that used by scientists when they identified the transition from non-life to life, Ginsburg and Jablonka suggest a set of criteria, identify a marker for the transition to minimal consciousness, and explore the far-reaching biological, psychological, and philosophical implications. After presenting the historical, neurobiological, and philosophical foundations of their analysis, Ginsburg and Jablonka propose that the evolutionary marker of basic or minimal consciousness is a complex form of associative learning, which they term unlimited associative learning (UAL). UAL enables an organism to ascribe motivational value to a novel, compound, non-reflex-inducing stimulus or action, and use it as the basis for future learning. Associative learning, Ginsburg and Jablonka argue, drove the Cambrian explosion and its massive diversification of organisms. Finally, Ginsburg and Jablonka propose symbolic language as a similar type of marker for the evolutionary transition to human rationality--to Aristotle's rational soul. |
| 일반주제명 | Consciousness. Consciousness --Physiological aspects. Evolution (Biology) Consciousness. Consciousness --Physiological aspects. Evolution (Biology) PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology SCIENCE / Cognitive Science |
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