The Recursive Mind: The Origins of Human Language, Thought, and Civilization

by Michael C. Corballis

Book Overview

A groundbreaking theory of what makes the human mind unique

The Recursive Mind challenges the commonly held notion that language is what makes us uniquely human. In this compelling book, Michael Corballis argues that what distinguishes us in the animal kingdom is our capacity for recursion: the ability to embed our thoughts within other thoughts. "I think, therefore I am," is an example of recursive thought, because the thinker...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691145474
• ISBN13: 9780691145471
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"