The Human Place in Nature Evolution Context and Choice

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This book explores a new approach to understanding the evolution of mind and consciousness by examining the perceptual abilities of animals and the way they experience their world. It offers a science-based bottom-up approach to our own conscious worldview by seeing it through the eyes of others. Emphasis is on the role of context in evolution and the way animals internalize and engage with the contextual properties of their world that are meaningful for them. The core argument is that a context which is subjective and comprised of the perceptual capacities offers new insights into the evolution of mind. Rather than seeing biological evolution in terms of the emergence of mindless forms and…