Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge (Penguin science)

by H. C. Plotkin

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A scientific look at the nature of knowledge and the Darwinian processes which it propogates, both in the minds of human beings and in the genes of all species. Through the process of natural selection, species acquire behaviours that enable them to survive, thus effectively acquiring knowledge of their environment. The book develops Richard Dawkins's idea of the "memes", the equivalent of genes in the Darwinian process by which human ideas propogate.
  • ISBN10 0140230920
  • ISBN13 9780140230925
  • Publish Date 28 September 1995
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 7 July 2000
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 288
  • Language English