Volume 1 (of 4) is the first part of Peter G Burton's major 2011 work HUMAN COGNITION. >His cybernetic account of the origin of the mind, and logical explanation of the growth of its empowering repertoire, fills in the understanding missing since four centuries ago, Rene Descartes posed the mind, thought and knowledge as the essence of our being: "cogito ergo sum." >For emerging adults, and many whose busy careers are now the subject of reflection, in either case seeking to understand their own humanity, there can be no better starting point. >Reading level is University/College entry.