Other Minds

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come. What if intelligent life on earth not only evolved on land, but also in the sea? Other Minds is a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself – a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind’s fitful development over millennia, Other Minds explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods. What kind of intelligence do they possess? And how did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? Heralded as the ‘scuba-diving philosopher’ when Other Minds first published, Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the underwater world and the concept of sentience to trace the question of inner life back to its roots. By comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Other Minds casts crucial new light on the octopus mind – and on our own.

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come. What if intelligent life on earth not only evolved on land, but also in the sea? Other Minds is a bold new story of how nature became aware of itself – a story that largely occurs in the ocean, where animals first appeared. Tracking the mind’s fitful development over millennia, Other Minds explores the incredible evolutionary journey of the cephalopods. What kind of intelligence do they possess? And how did the octopus, a solitary creature with little social life, become so smart? Heralded as the ‘scuba-diving philosopher’ when Other Minds first published, Peter Godfrey-Smith explores the underwater world and the concept of sentience to trace the question of inner life back to its roots. By comparing human beings with our most remarkable animal relatives, Other Minds casts crucial new light on the octopus mind – and on our own.

I "Other Minds" fortæller Forfatter, filosof og dykker Peter Godfrey-Smith om den fascinerende udvikling i blækspruttens mentale liv. Havet er vuggen for alt liv på jorden. Peter Godfrey-Smith skriver dette værk med indlevelse og giver læseren indsigt i, hvordan små klumper af celler langsomt har udviklet sig til komplekse hjerner. I den sammenhæng besvarer han flere svære spørgsmål: hvordan kan det være at blæksprutten, der har et meget begrænset socialt liv, har kunnet udvikle en så avanceret intelligens? "Other Minds" blander perspektiver fra en række forskellige felter, for at gøre dig klogere på vores verden.

I "Other Minds" fortæller Forfatter, filosof og dykker Peter Godfrey-Smith om den fascinerende udvikling i blækspruttens mentale liv. Havet er vuggen for alt liv på jorden. Peter Godfrey-Smith skriver dette værk med indlevelse og giver læseren indsigt i, hvordan små klumper af celler langsomt har udviklet sig til komplekse hjerner. I den sammenhæng besvarer han flere svære spørgsmål: hvordan kan det være at blæksprutten, der har et meget begrænset socialt liv, har kunnet udvikle en så avanceret intelligens? "Other Minds" blander perspektiver fra en række forskellige felter, for at gøre dig klogere på vores verden.