How did our minds evolve? Can evolutionary considerations illuminate the question of the basic architecture of the human mind? These are two of the main questions addressed in Evolution and the Human Mind by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists and archaeologists. The volume will be of great interest to all researchers and students interested in the evolution and nature of the mind.
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How did our minds evolve? Can evolutionary considerations illuminate the question of the basic architecture of the human mind? These are two of the main questions addressed in Evolution and the Human Mind by a distinguished interdisciplinary team of philosophers, psychologists, anthropologists and archaeologists. The volume will be of great interest to all researchers and students interested in the evolution and nature of the mind.
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The extension of Darwin's theory of evolution to human form, function and behaviour has always been controversial. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
organism nativism, wide theoretical rationality, neurobiological argument, direct proper function, congruent symmetry, derived proper function, congruent symmetries, massive modularity hypothesis, intuitive ontology, massive ambiguity, cultural elders, recognitional concepts, upstream module, cognitive fluidity, cultural fitness, proximate function, computational modules, neocortex size, inferential communication, informative intention, specialised mechanisms, elegant machines, evolutionary psychologists, spatial quantity, other desiderata Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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organism nativism, wide theoretical rationality, neurobiological argument, direct proper function, congruent symmetry, derived proper function, congruent symmetries, massive modularity hypothesis, intuitive ontology, massive ambiguity, cultural elders, recognitional concepts, upstream module, cognitive fluidity, cultural fitness, proximate function, computational modules, neocortex size, inferential communication, informative intention, specialised mechanisms, elegant machines, evolutionary psychologists, spatial quantity, other desiderata Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Theories of Theories of Mind by Peter Carruthers on 7 pages
- Verbal Behavior by B. F. Skinner on page 1, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Modelling the Early Human Mind (th-arc) by Kathleen R Gibson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture by Jerome H. Barkow in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Separate Social Worlds of Siblings: The Impact of Nonshared Environment on Development by E. Mavis Hetherington in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Archaeology and Modernity by Julian Thomas in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Unravelling the Evolution of Language (Language and Communication Library) (Language & Communication Library) by Rudolf P Botha in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Philosophy of Mind A-Z (Philosophy A-Z) by Marina Rakova in Back Matter
- Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science (Contemporary Debates in Philosophy) by Robert J. Stainton on page 56
- Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science (Contemporary Debates in Philosophy) by Robert J. Stainton on page 56
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