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The Origin of Consciousness

The Natural Selection of Choice-Making Systems

The Origin of Consciousness( )
Author: Friedman, Mark
ISBN:978-1-4792-6815-3
Publication Date:Sep 2012
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $12.95
Book Description:

To understand the origin of consciousness, we need to be able to answer a surprisingly simple question: "What biological function, present throughout evolutionary history, could have evolved to become consciousness?" One possible answer to this question is "choice-making." All life forms make choices. And choice-making systems have evolved in the same way that visible physical features have evolved. This book traces choice-making from the relatively simple chemically automated systems...
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Book Details
Pages:52
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 0.12 Inches
Book Weight:0.29 Pounds
Author Biography
Friedman, Mark (Author)
Mark Friedman grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland. In high school he organized a rally against apartheid & got arrested at the South African embassy. He attended film school at the University of Southern California, where he wrote a short film titled "Broken Record," which the Disney Channel optioned for a cable television movie. Friedman has also worked on the Dukakis campaign, read scripts for the Fox Network, taught for the "Princeton Review," attended law school for a semester, & attended the writing program at Johns Hopkins University, where he is currently a visiting lecturer. His book "Columbus Slaughters Braves" was inspired by a 1995 baseball game in which Cal Ripkin broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive games record. Though Friedman loves baseball for its innate drama, he maintains that he has no athletic ability whatsoever. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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