Sign in with Facebook
D's Reviews > Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind
Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind
by
by
A bit superficial and too long. I learned some interesting concepts related to consciousness: experience, subjectivity, agency, sentient etc. And how these applied to various animal species. But no detail, e.g. a more detailed explanation of the role of genetics in evolution. There certainly were many entertaining descriptions of amazing types of animals. But, again, rather superficial. In the end I discovered that the author is a philosopher, that may explain his focus. My mistake.
Sign into ŷ to see if any of your friends have read
Metazoa.
Sign In »
Reading Progress
November 14, 2020
– Shelved
November 14, 2020
– Shelved as:
to-read
November 17, 2020
–
Started Reading
November 24, 2020
–
Finished Reading
Comments Showing 1-6 of 6 (6 new)
date
newest »
newest »
message 1:
by
H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov
(new)
Nov 18, 2020 03:54PM
Definitely looking forward to your thoughts on this one, D
reply
|
flag
I liked it a lot more than you. I think it was one of the best books I've read this year. Along with the ants books. We all like different things :-)
For a book about the role of genetics in evolution, I recommend Some Assembly Required by Neil Shubin.
Thank you for the suggestion
Cindy wrote: "For a book about the role of genetics in evolution, I recommend Some Assembly Required by Neil Shubin."I really enjoyed it. I read all three of Shubin's books and loved them all.
You mean, the author is a _bad_ philosopher.
