Evolution and the Human Mind, 2000, 345 p., rel. -

How did our minds evolve? Can evolutionary considerations illuminate the question of the basic architecture of the human mind? These are 2 of the main questions addressed in this book by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists and archaeologists. The essays focus especially on issues to do with modularity of mind, the evolution and significance of natural language, and the evolution of our capacity for meta-cognition, together with its implications for consciousness. The editors have provided an introduction that lays out the background to the questions which the essays address, and a consolidated bibliography.