Evolution of Thinking - From Animal Thinking to Human Thinking

Author: Zhang Hao
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Publish Date: 1994-03-01
Features: The main value of this work lies in its application of the basic viewpoints and methods of dialectical materialism and historical materialism to conduct an in-depth and systematic study of the origin and development of human thought, which was a weak link in the past Marxist-Leninist philosophical research in China. Based on the new findings of paleoanthropology, paleoneurophysiology, comparative psychology, neurophysiology, and neuroscience, as well as the existing data from ethnology, folkloristics, and cultural anthropology, the book elucidates the physiological basis and mechanisms of mental activity, the relationship between animal and human thought, language and thought, and thought and practice from a philosophical perspective. It systematically discusses the process of the origin and development of thought, from animal thought to primitive human thought, and from primitive thought to civilized thought. The book is highly comprehensive and systematic, with thorough and comprehensive discussions, offering a valuable and in-depth exploration of Marxist epistemology. It is currently the only monograph in China that comprehensively and systematically examines the genesis of thought.