Cognitive adaptation : a pragmatist perspective
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Cognitive adaptation : a pragmatist perspective
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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Bibliography: p. 155-189
Includes index
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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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Cognitive adaptation: objects and inquiry
- 2. The human situation: uncertainty and adaptation
- 3. Time and memory: historical sensibilities
- 4. Education: learning from others, neurogenesis
- 5. Cognitive and neurobiological basis of religious inquiry.
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