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| Author | Terrence W. Deacon |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Science |
| Published | W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (November 21, 2011) |
| Publication place | United States |
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| Pages | 670 |
| ISBN | 978-0393049916 |
| OCLC | 601107605 |
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Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter is a 2011 book by biological anthropologist Terrence Deacon. The book covers topics in biosemiotics, philosophy of mind, and the origins of life. Broadly, the book seeks to naturalistically explain "aboutness", that is, concepts like intentionality, meaning, normativity, purpose, and function; which Deacon groups together and labels as ententional phenomena.