2003, ISBN: 063118886X

[EAN: 9780631188865], Neubuch, [PU: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom], Medical|Neuroscience, Philosophy|Mind & Body, Philosophy|Reference, Psychology & Psychiatry|Cognitive Psychol… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780631188865], Neubuch, [PU: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom], Medical|Neuroscience, Philosophy|Mind & Body, Philosophy|Reference, Psychology & Psychiatry|Cognitive Psychology, Science|Life Sciences|Genetics & Genomics, Language: English. Brand new Book. Thought in a Hostile World is an exploration of the evolution of cognition, especially human cognition, by one of today's foremost philosophers of biology and of mind. The central idea of the book is that thought is a response to threat. Competitors and enemies make life hard by their direct physical effects. But they also make life hard by eroding epistemic conditions. They lie. They hide themselves. They seem other than what they are. Sterelny uses this and related ideas to explore from an evolutionary perspective the relationship between folk psychology and an integrated scientific conception of human cognition. In the process, he examines how and why human minds have evolved. The book argues that humans are cognitively, socially, and sexually very unlike the other great apes, and that despite our relatively recent separation from their lineages, human social and cognitive evolution has been driven by unusual evolutionary mechanisms. In developing his own picture of the descent of the human mind, Sterelny further offers a critique of nativist, modular versions of evolutionary psychology.This volume will be of vital interest to scholars and students interested in cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and evolutionary psychology.<

2003, ISBN: 063118886X

[EAN: 9780631188865], Neubuch, [PU: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom], Language: English. Brand new Book. Thought in a Hostile World is an exploration of the evolution of cognition… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780631188865], Neubuch, [PU: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom], Language: English. Brand new Book. Thought in a Hostile World is an exploration of the evolution of cognition, especially human cognition, by one of today's foremost philosophers of biology and of mind. The central idea of the book is that thought is a response to threat. Competitors and enemies make life hard by their direct physical effects. But they also make life hard by eroding epistemic conditions. They lie. They hide themselves. They seem other than what they are. Sterelny uses this and related ideas to explore from an evolutionary perspective the relationship between folk psychology and an integrated scientific conception of human cognition. In the process, he examines how and why human minds have evolved. The book argues that humans are cognitively, socially, and sexually very unlike the other great apes, and that despite our relatively recent separation from their lineages, human social and cognitive evolution has been driven by unusual evolutionary mechanisms. In developing his own picture of the descent of the human mind, Sterelny further offers a critique of nativist, modular versions of evolutionary psychology.This volume will be of vital interest to scholars and students interested in cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and evolutionary psychology.<

2004, ISBN: 9780631188865

WINNER OF THE 2004 LAKATOS AWARD! Thought in a Hostile World is an exploration of the evolution of cognition, especially human cognition, by one of today''s foremost philosophers of biolo… Mehr…

WINNER OF THE 2004 LAKATOS AWARD! Thought in a Hostile World is an exploration of the evolution of cognition, especially human cognition, by one of today''s foremost philosophers of biology and of mind. Featuresan exploration of the evolution of human cognition. Written by one of today’s foremost philosophers of mind and language. Presents a set of analytic tools for thinking about cognition and its evolution. Offers a critique of nativist, modular versions of evolutionary psychology, rejecting the example of language as a model for thinking about human cognitive capacities. Applies to the areas of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and evolutionary psychology. Books List_Books, [PU: Basil Blackwell]<

2003, ISBN: 9780631188865

The Evolution of Human Cognition, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Blackwell Publishing Ltd], Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2003

2003, ISBN: 9780631188865

The Evolution of Human Cognition, Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Blackwell Publishing Ltd]