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| 1 | 1 | # A History of the Mind <!--family--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: A History of the Mind | |
| 5 | 5 | disambiguation: 1992 book by Nicholas Humphrey, across its editions | |
| 6 | + | summary: Nicholas Humphrey's 1992 book on the evolution of consciousness, first published by Chatto & Windus in London. | |
| 6 | 7 | category: category/10000926 | |
| 7 | 8 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 8 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 10 | ## Variants <!--variants--> | |
| 10 | 11 | | name | gtin | net_content | pack_format | market | source | note | | |
| 11 | 12 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 12 | 13 | | A History of the Mind (Chatto & Windus, London, 1992) | 09780701139957 | | | | ^olwork | First edition, 230 pages; ISBN-13 computed from ISBN-10 0701139951. | | |
| 13 | 14 | | A History of the Mind (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1992) | 09780671686444 | | | | ^olwork | First US edition, 238 pages; ISBN-13 computed from ISBN-10 0671686445. | | |
| 14 | 15 | | A History of the Mind (Vintage, London, 1993) | 09780099223115 | | | | ^olwork | 230 pages; ISBN-13 computed from ISBN-10 0099223112. | | |
| 15 | 16 | | A History of the Mind (1st HarperPerennial ed., New York, 1993) | 09780060975562 | | | | ^olwork | 238 pages; ISBN-13 computed from ISBN-10 0060975563. | | |
| 16 | − | | A History of the Mind: Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness (1st Copernicus softcover ed., New York, 1999) | 09780387987194 | | softcover | | ^olwork | The edition held here as product/09780387987194. | | |
| 17 | + | | A History of the Mind: Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness (1st Copernicus softcover ed., New York, 1999) | 09780387987194 | | softcover | | ^olwork | 238 pages. The edition held here as product/09780387987194. | | |
| 17 | 18 | <!--/variants--> | |
| 18 | 19 | ||
| 20 | + | ## Timeline <!--timeline--> | |
| 21 | + | | date | event | kind | market | source | note | | |
| 22 | + | | ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ------ | --------- | ---- | | |
| 23 | + | | 1992 | First published by Chatto & Windus in London. | launched | GB | ^wikibook | | | |
| 24 | + | | 1992 | Published in New York by Simon & Schuster. | market_entry | US | ^olwork | | | |
| 25 | + | | 1993 | Paperback published by Vintage Books in London. | other | GB | ^wikibook | | | |
| 26 | + | | 1999 | Copernicus softcover published in New York with the subtitle Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness. | relaunched | US | ^olwork | | | |
| 27 | + | <!--/timeline--> | |
| 28 | + | ||
| 19 | 29 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 20 | 30 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 21 | 31 | | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 22 | 32 | | A History of the Mind: Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness | name | en | | | | |
| 23 | 33 | | A history of the mind | search | en | | | | |
| 24 | 34 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 25 | 35 | ||
| 26 | 36 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 27 | 37 | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 28 | 38 | | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 29 | 39 | | loc | https://lccn.loc.gov/99013254/mods | A history of the mind: evolution and the birth of consciousness (MODS record) | 2026-09-17 | Library of Congress | registry | | 99013254 | | | | | | |
| 30 | − | | olwork | https://openlibrary.org/works/OL87868W/editions.json | Open Library: editions of the work A history of the mind | 2026-09-17 | Open Library | catalogue | | OL87868W | | CC0 | | | | |
| 31 | − | | wikibook | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_Mind | A History of the Mind | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | | | |
| 40 | + | | olwork | https://openlibrary.org/works/OL87868W/editions.json | Open Library: editions of the work A history of the mind | 2026-09-23 | Open Library | catalogue | | OL87868W | | CC0 | | | | |
| 41 | + | | wikibook | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_Mind | A History of the Mind | 2026-09-23 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | | | |
| 32 | 42 | <!--/references--> | |
| 33 | 43 | ||
| 34 | 44 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 35 | − | A History of the Mind is Nicholas Humphrey's 1992 book on the mind–body problem, in which he argues that raw sensation underlies every conscious state and that consciousness evolved from bodily responses to pain and pleasure.[^wikibook] Open Library records five printings of the work: Chatto & Windus in London and Simon & Schuster in New York in 1992, Vintage and HarperPerennial paperbacks in 1993, and the Copernicus softcover of 1999 that carries the subtitle Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness.[^olwork] Open Library states no binding for the four earlier printings, so their pack format is left empty here; the ISBN-13 of each row is the standard conversion of the ISBN-10 those records carry, checked against the Library of Congress record for the 1999 printing.[^olwork][^loc] | |
| 45 | + | A History of the Mind is a 1992 book on the mind–body problem by the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, who takes an evolutionary approach to explain how sensory consciousness came into the world and what it does.[^wikibook] Chatto & Windus first published it in London in 1992, and Vintage Books issued it in 1993.[^wikibook] Open Library records five printings of the work: Chatto & Windus and Simon & Schuster in 1992, Vintage and HarperPerennial in 1993, and the 1999 Copernicus softcover that carries the subtitle Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness.[^olwork] The Library of Congress catalogues the 1999 Copernicus printing under LCCN 99013254.[^loc] | |
| 46 | + | ||
| 47 | + | On publication the book drew mixed reviews: Marek Kohn and Publishers Weekly praised it, Lewis Wolpert and George A. Miller were mixed, and John C. Marshall and Colin McGinn called its theory speculative.[^wikibook] | |
| 36 | 48 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# A History of the Mind <!--family-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: A History of the Mind
disambiguation: 1992 book by Nicholas Humphrey, across its editions
category: category/10000926
<!--/identity-->
## Variants <!--variants-->
| name | gtin | net_content | pack_format | market | source | note |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| A History of the Mind (Chatto & Windus, London, 1992) | 09780701139957 | | | | ^olwork | First edition, 230 pages; ISBN-13 computed from ISBN-10 0701139951. |
| A History of the Mind (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1992) | 09780671686444 | | | | ^olwork | First US edition, 238 pages; ISBN-13 computed from ISBN-10 0671686445. |
| A History of the Mind (Vintage, London, 1993) | 09780099223115 | | | | ^olwork | 230 pages; ISBN-13 computed from ISBN-10 0099223112. |
| A History of the Mind (1st HarperPerennial ed., New York, 1993) | 09780060975562 | | | | ^olwork | 238 pages; ISBN-13 computed from ISBN-10 0060975563. |
| A History of the Mind: Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness (1st Copernicus softcover ed., New York, 1999) | 09780387987194 | | softcover | | ^olwork | The edition held here as product/09780387987194. |
<!--/variants-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| A History of the Mind: Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness | name | en | | |
| A history of the mind | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| loc | https://lccn.loc.gov/99013254/mods | A history of the mind: evolution and the birth of consciousness (MODS record) | 2026-09-17 | Library of Congress | registry | | 99013254 | | | | |
| olwork | https://openlibrary.org/works/OL87868W/editions.json | Open Library: editions of the work A history of the mind | 2026-09-17 | Open Library | catalogue | | OL87868W | | CC0 | | |
| wikibook | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_the_Mind | A History of the Mind | 2026-09-17 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
A History of the Mind is Nicholas Humphrey's 1992 book on the mind–body problem, in which he argues that raw sensation underlies every conscious state and that consciousness evolved from bodily responses to pain and pleasure.[^wikibook] Open Library records five printings of the work: Chatto & Windus in London and Simon & Schuster in New York in 1992, Vintage and HarperPerennial paperbacks in 1993, and the Copernicus softcover of 1999 that carries the subtitle Evolution and the Birth of Consciousness.[^olwork] Open Library states no binding for the four earlier printings, so their pack format is left empty here; the ISBN-13 of each row is the standard conversion of the ISBN-10 those records carry, checked against the Library of Congress record for the 1999 printing.[^olwork][^loc]
<!--/about-->