Other Minds: Octopus, Sea, and Origins of Consciousness Book
Learn about the development of the octopus, a distant branch of the tree of life, from its humble beginnings in the ocean.
A scuba diver and philosopher of science, traces the mind's development from unruly clumps of seaborne cells living together and becoming capable of sensing, acting, and signaling. He probes the mysteries surrounding the lineage, such as how the octopus became so smart and what it's like to have eight tentacles packed with neurons that can "think for themselves."
- Author: Peter Godfrey-Smith
- Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
- Publication Year: 2017
- Hardcover
- 272 pages
- Product Dimensions: 5.5" x 0.65" x 8.15"
About the author: Peter Godfrey-Smith is a professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Metazoa and the bestselling Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Royal Society Science Book Prize and has since been published in more than twenty languages. He is also the author of four other books, including Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science and Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection, which won the 2010 Lakatos Award for an outstanding work on the philosophy of science.
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