Mind and Variability: Mental Darwinism, Memory, and Self

by Patrick McNamara

Book Overview

Mental Darwinism, a new approach to the study of mental phenomena, applies selectionist ideas to problems of mind and behavior. McNamara challenges the instructivist view that memories occur when information from the environment is transferred into the mind. Current experimental evidence confirms the insights of two turn-of-the-century philosophers, William James and Henri Bergson, who originally proposed applying Darwinian principles to mental processes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275963837
• ISBN13: 9780275963835
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"