Graham Cairns-Smith
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Philosophy of Mind
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Synopsis:
  • A rudimentary system of feelings was born by accident
  • Evolutionary usefulness evolved more complex feelings
  • The organism was flooded with emotions and a "stream of consciousness" appeared
  • Verbal language allowed to express it in a more sophisticated way than the primitive facial language
  • Thought was born.
  • With language, thought and deep emotions, the conscious "I" was born
  • Consciousness originated from the evolution of emotions

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