Description
| Product ID: | 9780192862129 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Popular Science |
| Title: | The Meme Machine |
| Authors: | Author: Susan Blackmore |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Anthropology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Popular science, Anthropology, Learning, Popular science |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Humans have the ability to imitate and copy behaviours, or memes, from one another. This is an investigation of whether genes and memes can lead to discoveries about the nature of the inner self and whether the inner self is only an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication. Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self. Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-03-16 |
