2 Where We Come From

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface xiii
4. 1 The Civilization Enabler 1
5. 2 Where We Come From 16
6. 3 Where We Have Got To 26
7. 4 Some Foundation Stones 35
8. 5 Computation for Describing Natural Phenomena 66
9. 6 Integrative Learning 81
10. 7 What Integrative Learning Does 107
11. 8 The Capability of Being Educable 119
12. 9 Educability as a Model of Computation 133
13. 10 Promoting Educability 147
14. 11 Artificial Educability 156
15. 12 Education: Some Questions 190
16. 13 A Species Adrift 209
17. Acknowledgments 227
18. Summary of Terminology 229
19. Notes 231
20. Index 247
21. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 251