"Brings together the cognitive, the cultural, and the neurological in an elegant, compelling narrative. A revelatory work." -Oliver Sacks, M.D. The act of reading is so easily taken for granted that we forget what an astounding feat it is. How can a few black marks on white paper evoke an entire universe of meanings? It's even more amazing when we consider that we read using a primate brain that evolved to serve an entirely different purpose. In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene explores every aspect of this human invention, from its origins to its neural underpinnings. A world authority on the subject, Dehaene reveals the hidden logic of spelling, describes pioneering research on hiw we process languages, and takes us into a new appreciation of the brain and its wondrous capacity to adapt.

内容简介：《认知科学与广义进化论》一书是著者所承担的国家自然科学基金项目的研究成果。在本书中著者创立了横跨哲学认识论、比较文化学、进化生物学、计算机科学、系统科学等多学科的高度统一的认知科学基础理论――广义进化论。并探讨了该理论在建立伦理学、美学等社会科学基础方面的作用。本书论点丰富新颖，论证严密科学，表达深入浅出，不仅适合于有关学科的教学、科研人员参考，而且适合于一般读者阅读。

Nobelist Eric Kandel's account of how his personal quest to understand memory intersected with the emergence of a new science. In Search of Memory relates the astonishing story of how four different and distinct disciplines—behaviorist psychology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology—converged into a powerful new science of mind. Through its profound insights into thought, perception, action, recollection, and mental illness, this new science is revolutionizing our understanding of learning and memory while simultaneously showing great promise for more effective healing. The narrative follows Eric R. Kandel through the last five decades, focusing on Vienna, where he became fascinated with memory. With intrepid scientific ardor, Kandel was captivated first by history and psychoanalysis, then by neurobiology, and finally by the biological processes of memory. His resulting, multifaceted perspective was the foundation for his path-breaking research that will continue to dominate modern thought—not only in science but in culture at large. 50 illustrations.

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本书从历史和跨学科两个视角，对认知科学基础问题进行了导论性质的述评。它描绘了从19世纪到当代认知科学领域某些核心概念的发展轨迹，考察了哲学、心理学、神经科学和计算机科学等学科对认知科学发展的重要贡献和影响。该书还从两个形成鲜明对照的进路考察了心智理论问题：数字计算机和神经网络模型。该书内容可靠、全面。是认知科学导论课程的理想读本，也是心智哲学课程极好的补充读物。

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