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    Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    What if intelligent life on Earth evolved not once, but twice? The octopus is the closest we will come to meeting an intelligent alien. What can we learn from the…

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    Living on Earth

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith's three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Minds in 2018 and continued with Metazoa in…

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    Living on Earth

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.

    If the history of the Earth were compressed down to a year, our species…

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    Living on Earth

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith's three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Minds in 2018 and continued with Metazoa in…

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    Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    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…

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    Philosophy of Biology

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    Presents an introduction to the philosophy of biology. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, this book provides sophisticated and coverage of the central topics and many of the…

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    Philosophy of Biology

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    Presents an introduction to the philosophy of biology. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, this book provides sophisticated and coverage of the central topics and many of the…

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    Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Second Edition

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    "How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is 'really' like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In [this book], Peter Godfrey-Smith…

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    Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    A philosopher of science explains how the animal kingdom gave rise to human consciousness –

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    Metazoa: Animal Minds and the Birth of Consciousness

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    The follow-up to the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Other Minds A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Waterstones Best Book of 2020 The scuba-diving…

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    Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection

    Peter Godfrey-Smith (Harvard University)

    The book presents a new way of understanding Darwinism and evolution by natural selection, combining work in biology, philosophy, and other fields. It gives new criticisms of gene-centered views of…

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    Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection

    Peter Godfrey-Smith (Harvard University)

    The book presents a new way of understanding Darwinism and evolution by natural selection, combining work in biology, philosophy, and other fields. It gives new criticisms of gene-centered views of…

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    Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature

    Peter Godfrey-Smith (Stanford University, California)

    This book examines the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing links philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments.

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    Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature

    Peter Godfrey-Smith (Stanford University, California)

    This book examines the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing links philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments.

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    The Scientific Imagination

    This book looks at the role of the imagination in science, from both philosophical and psychological perspectives. These contributions combine to provide a comprehensive and exciting picture of this under-explored…

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    Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

    Professor of Philosophy Peter Godfrey-Smith (Stanford University, California)

    Philosopher Peter Godfrey-Smith dons a wet suit and journeys into the depths of consciousness in Other Minds

    Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth…

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    Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature

    Peter Godfrey-Smith (Stanford University, California)

    This book examines the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing links philosophy of mind to more general issues about the relations between organisms and environments.

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    Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    Like no other text in this field, Theory and Reality combines a survey of recent history of the philosophy of science with current key debates in language that any beginning…

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    Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    Intended for undergraduates and general readers with no prior background in philosophy, Theory and Reality surveys the main themes in the philosophy of science.

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    Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

    Peter Godfrey-Smith

    Like no other text in this field, Theory and Reality combines a survey of recent history of the philosophy of science with current key debates in language that any beginning…

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    Water

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    Published as a creative response to and historical document of QAGOMA’s 2019/20 blockbuster exhibition ‘Water’, this publication explores water in all its states, highlighting the precious resource through contemporary artworks…

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    From Groups to Individuals: Evolution and Emerging Individuality

    The biological and philosophical implications of the emergence of new collective individuals from associations of living beings.

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    Carving Nature at Its Joints: Natural Kinds in Metaphysics and Science

    Reflections on the metaphysics and epistemology of classification from a distinguished group of philosophers.

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    Catweazle | Complete Series

    It’s an incredible four decades since Catweazle arrested the boredom of Sunday afternoons to become a television legend, and on this special edition DVD set of both series he returns…

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