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Old January 16th, 2006, 11:24 PM
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Default Re: The Evolution of Mental States

Ah. I was listing themes rather than names of books – sorry for not being clearer. I guess I was wondering whether the authors were familiar to people (because they are typically considered philosophers rather than evolutionary psychologists).

DANIEL DENNETT
“Consciousness Explained”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031...lance&n=283155
“Freedom Evolves”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067...lance&n=283155
“Kinds of Minds”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/046...lance&n=283155
He has also written a book called “Darwin’s Dangerous Ideas” (which I haven’t read)

The ideas come up in more academic (philosophy) papers too. Philosophers tend to think of those books as a more ‘popularist’ (though relatively accessible) account of his position…

Reprints of his articles (harder going typically) are available from here:
http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/pubpage.htm


KIM STERELNY (sorry for the typo)
“Thought in a Hostile World”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/063...lance&n=283155
“Sex and Death: An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology” (With Paul E. Griffiths)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022...lance&n=283155

Some online papers are available from here:
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/phil/staff/sterelny-papers.aspx

RUTH MILLIKAN (I have just read one fairly seminal paper on “proper function” – but I probably should read this at some point…)
“Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/026...lance&n=283155
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