Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-247) and index.
Contents
Speed of thought -- Basic intelligence : learning by osmosis -- Premature articulation : how thinking gets in the way of learning -- Knowing more than we think : intuition and creativity -- Having an idea : the gentle art of mental gestation -- Thinking too much : reason and intuition as antagonists and allies -- Perception without consciousness -- Self-consciousness -- Brains behind the operation -- Point of consciousness -- Paying attention -- Rudiments of wisdom -- Undermind society : putting the tortoise to work.