BEING HUMAN : Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives /

Gross, Richard D.

BEING HUMAN : Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives / RICHARD GROSS. - 1st edition - 335 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Contents
1. Introduction: Quantitative or Qualitative difference?
2. The Genetics of being human
3. The human brain : What makes it special?
4. Consciousness and self-consciousness
5. Cognition: Hauser's hypothesis
6. Language: Do only humans have it?
7. Memory and the perception of time
8. Fear of death and other facts of life
9. Culture: The Crucial Feature?


Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-326) and index.

9781444128864

2012406130


Human beings--Psychology.

128 / GRO