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Cognitive Adaptation : A Pragmatist Perspective, Paperback / softback Book

Cognitive Adaptation : A Pragmatist Perspective Paperback / softback

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Cognitive Adaptation: A Pragmatist Perspective argues that there is a fundamental link between cognitive/neural systems and evolution that underlies human activity.

One important result is that the line between nature and culture and scientific and humanistic inquiry is quite permeable - the two are fairly continuous with each other.

Two concepts figure importantly in our human ascent: agency and animacy.

The first is the recognition of another person as having beliefs, desires, and a sense of experience.

The second term is the recognition of an object as alive, a piece of biology.

Both reflect a predilection in our cognitive architecture that is fundamental to an evolving, but fragile, sense of humanity.

The book further argues for a regulative norm of self-corrective inquiry, an appreciation of the hypothetical nature of all knowledge.

Schulkin's perspective is rooted in contemporary behavioral and cognitive neuroscience.

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