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As scientists study the minutiae of subatomic particles, neural connections, and molecular compounds, their attempts at a ""theory of everything"" harbor a glaring omission: they still cannot explain us, the thoughts and perceptions that truly make us what we are. A masterwork that brings together science and philosophy, Incomplete Nature offers a revolutionary, captivating account of how life and consciousness emerged, revealing how our desires, feelings, and intentions can be understood in terms of the physical world.

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In his approach to the question of how sentience emerged from dumb and numb matter, Mr. Deacon mobilizes some radically new ideas.

...rich and far-ranging book...Deacon writes well and with extraordinary breadth of scholarship. BBC Focus Contains many rewarding thoughts about life and mind and their place in nature. Nature In his approach to the question of how sentience emerged from 'dumb' and 'numb' matter, Mr. Deacon mobilizes some radically new ideas. The Wall Street Journal Unprecedentedly comprehensive... Psychology Today

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Terrence W. Deacon is a professor of biological anthropology and neuroscience and the chair of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. The author of The Symbolic Species and Incomplete Nature, he lives near Berkeley, California.

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