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Thought in a Hostile World: The Evolution of Human Cognition

By Kim Sterelny

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2003
ISBN
0631188878, 9780631188872
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (3739932 bytes)
Pages
280\0
Time added
2013-10-14 06:56:25

Description

WINNER OF THE 2004 LAKATOS AWARD!Thought in a Hostile World is an exploration of the evolution of cognition, especially human cognition, by one of today's foremost philosophers of biology and of mind. Featuresan exploration of the evolution of human cognition. Written by one of today’s foremost philosophers of mind and language. Presents a set of analytic tools for thinking about cognition and its evolution. Offers a critique of nativist, modular versions of evolutionary psychology, rejecting the example of language as a model for thinking about human cognitive capacities. Applies to the areas of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and evolutionary psychology.

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