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The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul

- Learning and the Origins of Consciousness
Af: Eva Jablonka, Simona Ginsburg Engelsk Hardback

The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul

- Learning and the Origins of Consciousness
Af: Eva Jablonka, Simona Ginsburg Engelsk Hardback
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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.”

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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.”

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 640
ISBN-13: 9780262039307
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0262039303
Kategori: Evolution
Udg. Dato: 12 mar 2019
Længde: 43mm
Bredde: 236mm
Højde: 165mm
Forlag: MIT Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 12 mar 2019
Forfatter(e): Eva Jablonka, Simona Ginsburg
Forfatter(e) Eva Jablonka, Simona Ginsburg

Kategori Evolution

ISBN-13 9780262039307

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 640

Udgave

Længde 43mm

Bredde 236mm

Højde 165mm

Udg. Dato 12 mar 2019

Oplagsdato 12 mar 2019

Forlag MIT Press Ltd

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