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Becoming human the development of language, self, and self-consciousness

The main way-stations in our journey from ape to human are the coming to language, the development of self, and of self-consciousness. To know what it is to be a human we must come to understand those stages in our passage out of Eden. We must also consider the religious ideal of a return to Eden. This book deals with these issues in terms of a philosophical anthropology derived from the later writings of Wittgenstein. The result is an account of our place in nature consistent with both a hard-headed empiricism and a this-worldly but religiously significant mysticism.

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  • "This book is a philosophical examination of the stages in our journey from hominid to human. Dealing with the nature and origin of language, self-consciousness, and the religious ideal of a return to Eden, it has a philosophical anthropology approach. It provides an account of our place in nature consistent with both empiricism and mysticism."
  • "The main way-stations in our journey from ape to human are the coming to language, the development of self, and of self-consciousness. To know what it is to be a human we must come to understand those stages in our passage out of Eden. We must also consider the religious ideal of a return to Eden. This book deals with these issues in terms of a philosophical anthropology derived from the later writings of Wittgenstein. The result is an account of our place in nature consistent with both a hard-headed empiricism and a this-worldly but religiously significant mysticism."@en

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  • "Becoming Human"
  • "Becoming human : the development of language, self and self-consciousness between hominid and human"

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