Origins of Mind

Introduction: exploring the origins of mindedness in nature; Liz SwanBIOSEMIOTICS1. Organic Codes and the Natural History of Mind; Marcello Barbieri2. The Descent of Humanity; Angelo Recchia-Luciani3. From Non-Minds to Minds: biosemantics and the Tertium Quid; Crystal L'Hote4. Cybersemiotics:  a new foundation for a transdisciplinary theory of consciousness, cognition, meaning and communication; Soren BrierMENTAL REPRESENTATION5. The Emergence of Empathy in the Context of Cross-Species Mind-reading; John Sarnecki6. The Evolution of Scenario Visualization and the Early Hominin Mind; Rob Arp7. Representation in Biological Systems: teleofunction, etiology, and structural preservation; Michael Nair-Collins8. Beyond embodiment: from internal representation of action to symbolic processes; Isabel Barahona da FonsecaCONSCIOUSNESS9. Imitation, Learning, and Conceptual Thought: an embodied, developmental approach; Ellen Fridland10. Evolving Consciousness: the very idea! James Fetzer11. Mind or Mechanism: which came first? Teed Rockwell12. Origins of the Qualitative Aspects of Consciousness: evolutionary answers to Chalmers' hard problem; Jonathan TsouPHILOSOPHY OF MIND13. Neuropragmatism on the Origins of Conscious Minding; Tibor Solymosi14. Not So Exceptional: away from Chomskian salationism and towards a naturally gradual   account of mindfulness; Andrew Winters and Alex Levine15. Mental Organs and the Origins of Mind; Thomas Ray16. Mnemo-psychography: the origin of mind and the problem of biological memory storage; Frank ScalambrinoSYNTHETIC INTELLIGENCE17. Minimal Mind; Alexei Sharov18. Concept Combination and the Origins of Complex Cognition; Liane Gabora and Kirsty Kitto19. The Mind of the Noble Ape in Three Simulations; Tom Barbalet20. From the Natural Brain to the Artificial Mind; Massimo Negrotti

From the reviews:"The chapters provide one of the best explorations of mind-as-process in an age where only empirical phenomena exist, i.e., where there are no extra-empirical things (naturalism). This wide-ranging exploration of an increasingly influential approach to understanding the meaning of 'mind' will interest philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, and cognitive scientists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." (R. Paul Thompson, Choice, Vol. 50 (11), August, 2013)