Издания и произведения

Стоит аквалангисту погрузиться в море, как он сталкивается с формами жизни, которые кажутся запредельно чуждыми: здесь и морские губки, и мягкие кораллы, и черви-серпулиды, чьи причудливые тела, замысловатое строение и похожие на цветы отростки напоминают скорее растения или даже архитектурные формы, нежели что то животное. И тем не менее все эти создания — наши родственники. Как равноправные представители царства животных — метазоа, они могут немало рассказать об эволюционном происхождении не только тела человека, но и его сознания. Пытаясь вжиться в их опыт и понять, каково это — воспринимать мир и взаимодействовать с ним так, как это…

The scuba-diving philosopher explores the origins of animal consciousness. Dip below the ocean's surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals and flower-like worms, whose rooted bodies and intricate geometry are more reminiscent of plant life than anything recognisably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdom - the Metazoa - they can teach us about the evolutionary origins of not only our bodies, but also our minds. In his acclaimed book, Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith explored the mind of the octopus - the closest…

The scuba-diving philosopher who wrote Other Minds explores the origins of animal consciousness Dip below the ocean’s surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals, and serpulid worms, whose rooted bodies, intricate geometry, and flower-like appendages are more reminiscent of plant life or even architecture than anything recognizably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdom—the Metazoa—they can teach us much about the evolutionary origins of not only our bodies, but also our minds. In his acclaimed 2016 book, Other…

Tras el ?xito internacional de Otras mentes, el fil?sofo Peter Godfrey Smith vuelve con un nuevo y apasionante ensayo en el que le sigue la pista a la evoluci?n de las formas de vida para formular una teor?a de la conciencia. ** Book of the Year seg?n el Times y el Sunday Times ** Book of the Month seg?n la BBC Science Focus ** En Metazoos, el fil?sofo Peter Godfrey-Smith profundiza en la investigaci?n que ya iniciara en su anterior libro, el exitoso Otras mentes. Si en aquella ocasi?n era la sorprendente inteligencia de los pulpos lo que serv?a como punto de partida para reflexionar sobre la consciencia, ahora el horizonte se ampl?a para…

The scuba-diving philosopher explores the origins of animal consciousness. Dip below the ocean's surface and you are soon confronted by forms of life that could not seem more foreign to our own: sea sponges, soft corals and flower-like worms, whose rooted bodies and intricate geometry are more reminiscent of plant life than anything recognisably animal. Yet these creatures are our cousins. As fellow members of the animal kingdom - the Metazoa - they can teach us about the evolutionary origins of not only our bodies, but also our minds. In his acclaimed book, Other Minds, Peter Godfrey-Smith explored the mind of the octopus - the closest…