Cognitive Adaptation
A Pragmatist Perspective
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- Author: Jay Schulkin, Georgetown University, Washington DC
- Date Published: December 2008
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521517911
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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.
Read more- Uses investigative approach to demonstrate the line between nature and culture, science and the humanities
- Takes on perspective rooted in psychobiology, contemporary behavioral and cognitive neuroscience and classical pragmatism
- No other work covers the material in this text in a comparable manner
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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. Schulkins perspective is rooted in contemporary behavioral and cognitive neuroscience.
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- Date Published: December 2008
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521517911
- length: 210 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
- weight: 0.45kg
- availability: Available
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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