Consciousness in four dimensions : biological relativity and the origins of thought / Richard M. Pico.

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2002], ©2002.

xi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-388) and index.

Einstein's vision of the universe I: relativity and reference systems -- Evolution and the emergence of life -- The reference system of life -- Development and systems of neurons -- The brain and sensory information -- The emergence of consciousness -- The thought effect -- Insect thoughts and animal minds -- Human thought and the emergent twos -- Reference systems of consciousness I: constraints of structure and function -- Reference systems of consciousness II: interpreting the world -- Einstein's vision of the universe II: the structure of space-time -- Beyond behaviorism and mentalism: toward a framework for biological relativity.