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Metazoa ist nichts weniger als eine Evolutionsgeschichte des Bewusstseins oder, umfassender noch, des Geistes. Anhand von wissenschaftlichen Experimenten, Ausflügen in die Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Anekdoten über eigensinnige Tiere und Beobachtungen, die er bei seinen zahlreichen Tauchgängen gemacht hat, ergründet Peter Godfrey-Smith, wie sich im evolutionären Zusammenspiel Körper und Geist herausbilden. Seine Erkenntnis: Es sind die Erfahrungen der Tiere in ihrer Umwelt, die sowohl den Aufbau des Gehirns als auch die Entstehung eines Bewusstseins vorantreiben. Von empfindungsfähigen Einzellern über wissbegierige Krebse bis hin zu träumenden Tintenfischen: Nicht in einem singulären Ereignis tritt das Bewusstsein ins Leben, sondern entfaltet sich Stufe um Stufe, und zwar stets im engen Wechselspiel mit den vielfältigen Formen, die das Leben seinen Umwelten abgerungen hat. Peter Godfrey-Smith liefert den Entwurf einer Philosophie, die uns daran erinnert, dass das Leben und damit auch das Denken im Wasser seinen Anfang nahm.

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 2020.

Jiné mysli je kniha nejen o chobotnicích, sépiích, olihních, ale také o vědomí. Autor se zamýšlí nad tím, kde se vzala inteligence chobotnic, a to s ohledem na evoluci, ale připojuje také filozofický pohled. V čem se liší přemýšlení hlavonožců, ptáků a savců? Jaké to je nemít páteř, zato mít velký a složitý mozek? A co příroda sleduje tím, že vloží takový mozek se schopností cítit, vnímat a komunikovat do těla žijícího jen pár desítek měsíců? Peter Godfrey-Smith se zabývá dávnou historií Země, potápí se do mořských hloubek a čte osvícenecké i současné filozofy. Díky tomu vznikla kniha ve zcela originálním pojetí, z níž vyzařuje autorův zápal a vřelý vztah k hlavonožcům. Jedinečné barevné fotografie pořídil autor převážně v lokalitě zvané Octopolis nedaleko Sydney.

Peter Godfrey's first collection is a book of reports from the front-line, messages sent from over the border, beyond the edge of the map - Madrid 1939, Oradour 1944, Hiroshima 1945, Santiago 1973, San Carlos Bay 1982. It's a celebration of those who - like Dom Helder Câmara, René Magritte, Oscar Neimeyer, Wat Tyler and Jacques Brel - have understood 'the glory of pedalling the wrong way on a one-way street'. And it's a hymn to the patient humility of those who believe that life does not have to be like this, and who imbue the world with grace.

The trial of the 'Grenada 17' for the assassination of Maurice Bishop, the popular leader of the Grenada Revolution, left many unanswered questions. Nearly four decades later this book sheds new and credible light on the tragedy which unfolded on that fateful day in October 1983 and the chilling sequence of events that precipitated them.

From the human being to the octopus, the shark to the humble sea squirt, all animals are physical beings made up entirely of cells. And yet they can think, to varying degrees. How did this come to be? How did a mind first grow from the matter that is the body? And at what stage did that clump of cells become a 'self'? In Metazoa, Peter Godfrey-Smith, author of the bestselling Other Minds looks beyond the octopus to the complexity of the whole animal kingdom, exploring the origins of consciousness and grappling with the greatest mystery of evolution. Metazoa (the biological term encompassing all animals), covers, with various degrees of detail, the main stages in animal evolution: the long period of life before animals, the enigmatic period known as the Ediacaran, in which the first animal fossils were laid down, then the Cambrian, the period that rapidly gave rise to most of the familiar animal forms. Then, in a few distinct evolutionary lines, the appearance of bodies with a set of unusual capacities: bodies with eyes and other senses that can track objects in space, bodies that can freely move and bodies with tools for the manipulation of objects. And the bringing together of these capacities would have pivotal consequences for the evolution of the brain and hence the evolution of consciousness. There is much to marvel at in the natural world. But take a moment to wonder at the fact that we can marvel at all.

'Brilliant' Guardian Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (March) SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 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 encounter?

Brilliant' Guardian Fascinating and often delightful' The Times SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 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 encounter?

An essential introduction to the philosophy of biology This is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, the book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage of the central topics and many of the latest developments in the field. Emphasizing connections between biological theories and other areas of philosophy, and carefully explaining both philosophical and biological terms, Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses the relation between philosophy and science; examines the role of laws, mechanistic explanation, and idealized models in biological theories; describes evolution by natural selection; and assesses attempts to extend Darwin's mechanism to explain changes in ideas, culture, and other phenomena. Further topics include functions and teleology, individuality and organisms, species, the tree of life, and human nature. The book closes with detailed, cutting-edge treatments of the evolution of cooperation, of information in biology, and of the role of communication in living systems at all scales. Authoritative and up-to-date, this is an essential guide for anyone interested in the important philosophical issues raised by the biological sciences.

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 evolution, and presents a new framework for understanding the evolution of complex organisms and societies.