num_pages: 292
description: Bringing together evolutionary biology, psychology, and philosophy, Henry Plotkin presents a new science of knowledge that traces an unbreakable link between instinct and our ability to know. Since our ability to know our world depends primarily on what we call intelligence, intelligence must be understood as an extension of instinct. The capacity for knowledge is deeply rooted in our biology and, in a special sense, is shared by all living things.
language: English
title: Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge
titlecomplete: Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge
genres: Science, Philosophy, Evolution
ratings_count: 33
publisher: Harvard University Press