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Prehension : the hand and the emergence of humanity / Colin McGinn.
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McGinn, Colin, 1950-
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English
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Cambridge, Mass. : The MIT Press, [2015]
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ix, 191 pages ; 21 cm
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GN281 .M395 2015
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Human evolution
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Evolution
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Summary note
"This book is a hymn to the hand. In 'Prehension, ' Colin McGinn links questions from science to philosophical concerns to consider something that we take for granted : the importance of the hand in everything we do. Drawing on evolutionary biology, anatomy, archaeology, linguistics, psychology, and philosophy, among other disciplines, McGinn examines the role of the hand in shaping human evolution. He finds that the development of our capacity to grasp, to grip, to take hold (also known as 'prehension') is crucial in the emergence of Homo sapiens'"--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181) and index.
Contents
Origins of humanity
Two evolutionary principles
Human prehistory
Characteristics of the human hand
Hands and tools
Hands and language
Ostension and prehension
From signs to speech
Hand and mind
Selective cognition and the mouth
The origin of sentience
The meaning of the grip
A culture of hands
Arboreal remnants
The future of the hand.
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Hand and the emergence of humanity
ISBN
9780262029322 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
0262029324 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
9780262533645 ((pb.))
0262533642 ((pb.))
9780262331043
0262331047
LCCN
2014049819
OCLC
907512411
Other standard number
40025199905
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