Cognitive adaptation : a pragmatist perspective / Jay Schulkin.
"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 t...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "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. Jay Schulkin's perspective is rooted in contemporary behavioral, cognitive neuroscience and classical pragmatism."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511428243 9780511428241 0511428952 9780511428951 0511429436 9780511429439 0511429819 9780511429811 0511499981 9780511499982 1281791334 9781281791337 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511499982 |