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The Social Evolution of Human Nature: From Biology to Language

Autor Harry Smit
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 feb 2017
This book sheds new light on the problem of how the human mind evolved. Harry Smit argues that current studies of this problem misguidedly try to solve it by using variants of the Cartesian conception of the mind, and shows that combining the Aristotelian conception with Darwin's theory provides us with far more interesting answers. He discusses the core problem of how we can understand language evolution in terms of inclusive fitness theory, and investigates how scientific and conceptual insights can be integrated into one explanatory framework, which he contrasts with the alternative Cartesian-derived framework. He then explores the differences between these explanatory frameworks with reference to co-operation and conflict at different levels of biological organization, the evolution of communicative behaviour, the human mind, language, and moral behaviour. His book will interest advanced students and scholars in a range of subjects including philosophy, biology and psychology.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107697553
ISBN-10: 1107697557
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

1. The major evolutionary transitions and Homo loquens; 2. The conceptual foundation of human nature; 3. Inclusive fitness theory and genomic imprinting; 4. Evolution, teleology, and the argument from design; 5. Dualism, monism and evolutionary psychology; 6. Weismann, Wittgenstein and the homunculus fallacy; 7. Language evolution: doing things with words versus translating thought into language; 8. Moral behaviour: a conceptual elaboration of Darwin's ideas; 9. Epilogue.

Recenzii

'Smit's book displays high levels of expertise in the fields of biology and evolutionary theory. It is a treasure trove of interesting examples and fascinating case studies. Furthermore, the application of IFT to issues of language evolution and human nature is no doubt a contribution to both fields.' Ryan M. Nefdt, The Philosophical Quarterly

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Harry Smit examines the elements of current evolutionary theory and how they bear on the evolution of the human mind.