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The Evolution of Consciousness

Nature volume 110, pages 279–280 (1922)Cite this article

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YOUR reviewer, in a kindly notice of my book in NATURE of July 29, p. 147, sums up its general attitude in these words: “All that is, Mr. Tilby tells us, has emerged in a definite historical sequence, and we have merely to accept the fact and not ask why.” May I point out that I did not say this, and I do not think it? Indeed, it conflicts rather glaringly with the thought I tried to express.

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