Think Like an Octopus

Jan 2019
Other Minds - Peter Godfrey-Smith – William Collins, 2016
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Well, I'm not eating octopus again. This is a book by a philosopher of science who is interested in how sentience and a sense of the subjective self could have evolved. What makes cephalopods uniquely interesting in this context is that like us, they are an evolutionary experiment in big brains and complex behaviours, but based on an entirely different body plan. What are the commonalities between octopus intelligence and ours? What are the differences? That is what this fascinating book is all about.
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