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Insect-Populated Mind: How Insects Have Influenced the Evolution of Consciousness

Insect-Populated Mind: How Insects Have Influenced the Evolution of Consciousness

Spooner, David

Paperback

General World HistoryZoology

ISBN10: 0761831754
ISBN13: 9780761831754
Publisher: Hamilton Books
Published: Aug 22 2005
Pages: 196
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.38 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In The Insect-Populated Mind, author David Spooner proposes a close connection between aspects of insect evolution and the human intellect. By examining seemingly disparate subjects, such as entomology, language, theory, genetics, astronomy, literature, and music, Spooner proves that synthesis is indeed possible. Once this fusion is achieved, the human species can be seen as connected not just to the great apes, but also via consciousness to metamorphic insects. While considering Richard Dawkins' and Susan Blackmore's expositions of memes, Spooner suggests that the concept of memes remains a peripheral understanding of religion and the arts. The book also presents arguments on the roots and nature of the mind in the work of Daniel Dennett and Steven Pinker.

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