How Brains Think

A New Theory Of Intelligence, From A Renowned And Highly Respected Writer On Brains And Evolution What Constitutes Consciousness Or Intelligence? This Is A Question That Has Proved To Philosophers To Be An Intellectual Dead-end. Now William Calvin, By Looking Closely At Animal And Human Intelligence And A Wide Range Of Evolutionary Evidence, Has Broken New Ground That Will Help Us Understand Mental Illness And Illuminate The Whole Notion Of What It Is To Be A Person. Calvin Begins By Asking What Intelligence Is. He Moves To The Why Of Intelligence, Where Evidence From Chimpanzees Is Important, Before Coming To The All-important How Of Intelligence, The Cerebral Codes And Darwinian Processes That Operate Within Seconds To Produce Intelligent Thought And Action.