期刊名称：Evolutionary Psychology: an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior
印刷版ISSN：1474-7049
出版年度：2004
卷号：2
页码：24-27
出版社：Ian Pitchford, Ed.& Pub
摘要：In How Homo Became Sapiens, Peter G.rdenfors, a cognitive scientist at Lund University, presents his theory of how human thinking emerged. According to G.rdenfors, evolution is the main culprit, and he sets out to convince Egon, a talking monkey with an argumentative personality, why he would be right to think so. The book, however, is no monkey business. The main thesis is that the emergence of a rich inner world provided man with an increasing number of cognitive faculties that now characterize human thinking (e.g., self-consciousness, language). The viewpoint taken is mostly that of a philosopher - setting distinctions and levels is a constant throughout the book as G.rdenfors is ready to admit that "making distinctions is a philosopher's occupational disease" (p. 84). Nevertheless, G.rdenfors espouses a naturalistic approach, almost always backing his distinctions with evidence and illustrative examples. In this he proves to be interdisciplinary-minded and tries to include evidence from different disciplines, particularly ethology and (comparative) psychology
