#octopus

¶ From the Book corner: Godfrey-Smith’s Other Minds, and an octopus whose arms seem to think for themselves

This week's book from the Book corner is Peter Godfrey-Smith's Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life (2016). Godfrey-Smith is a philosopher of biology and a keen diver, and much of the book grew out of hours spent watching…