title: The Uses of Consciousness creator: Humphrey, Nicholas subject: Animal Cognition subject: Comparative Psychology subject: Developmental Psychology subject: Evolutionary Psychology subject: Evolutionary Psychology subject: Philosophy of Mind subject: Social Psychology description: Reflexive consciousness evolved in the context of early human social life, as a means by which 'natural psychologists' could develop working models of their own and others' minds. publisher: American Museum of Natural History, New York date: 1987 type: Conference Paper type: NonPeerReviewed format: text/html identifier: http://cogprints.org/809/1/jalect.htm identifier: Humphrey, Nicholas (1987) The Uses of Consciousness. [Conference Paper] relation: http://cogprints.org/809/