Cognitive Adaptation : A Pragmatist Perspective PDF
by Jay Schulkin
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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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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/09/2008
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- ISBN:9780511426674
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- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:22/09/2008
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- ISBN:9780511426674
