AN ANATOMY OF THOUGHT --- THE ORIGIN AND MACHINERY OF THE MIND by Ian Glynn, 1999
    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (pvii-viii)

    PART 1 --- CLEARING THE GROUND (p1-80)

      1) What this book is about (p3-6)

      2) The failure of the common-sense view (p7-16)

      3) Evolution by "natural selection" (p17-39)

        [1] The evolution of evolution (p18-19)

        [2] The origin of the "Origin" (p19-23)

          The phrase "survival of the fittest" was first used by Herbert Spencer. (p19 footnote)

        [3] The success of the "Origin" (p23-30)

          (1) Evidence from geographical distribution (p24-26)

          (2) Evidence from comparative anatomy (p26-28)

          (3) Evidence from embryology (p28)

          (4) Evidence from fossils (p28-30)

        [4] Darwin's "cold shudder" (p30-31)

        [5] The survival of features that threaten survival (p31-33)

        [6] As unlike as two peas (p33-35)

        [7] Evolution at the molecular level (p35-39)

      4) "The Decent of Man" (p40-61)

      5) The origin of life (p62-80)

    PART 2 --- NERVES AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS (p81-187)

      Introduction (p83-84)

      6) The nature of nerves (p85-105)

      7) The nerve impulse (p106-118)

      8) Encoding the message (p119-122)

      9) Interactions between nerve cells (p123-137)

      10) "The doors of perception" (p138-163)

      11) A cook's tour of the brain (p164-187)

    PART 3 --- LOOKING AT SEEING (p189-255)

      Introduction (p191-192)

      12) Illusions (p193-200)

      13) Disordered seeing with normal eyes (p201-220)

        Noninvasive methods for scanning the brain (p221-222)

      14) Opening the "black box" (p223-241)

      15) Natural computers and artificial brains (p242-255)

    PART 4 --- TALKING ABOUT TALKING (p257-310)

      Introduction (p259)

      16) In the steps of the "diagram-makers" (p261-287)

      17) Chomsky and after (p288-295)

      18) Monkey puzzles (p296-310)

    PART 5 --- THINKING ABOUT THINKING (p311-364)

      Introduction (p313)

      19) Memory (p315-333)

        [1] How many kinds of memory (p318-320)

        [2] Topographical memory (p320-321)

        [3] The relation between short-term and long-term memory (p322-324)

        [4] So how does memory work? (p324-330)

        [5] Forgetting (p331-333)

      20) The emotions (p334-350)

      21) Planning and attention (p351-364)

    PART 6 --- THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND --- OR MINDING THE PHILOSOPHERS (p365-399)

      Introduction (p367)

      22) The "mind-body problem" --- a variety of approaches (p369-390)

      20) The "mind-body problem" --- consciousness and "qualia" (p391-399)

      24) Free will and morality (p400-410)

    EPILOGUE (p411-413)

    NOTES (p415-448)

    INDEX (p449-456)

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