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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.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Psychology Cognition & cognitive psychology

• Full title: Cognitive Adaptation
• Subtitle: A Pragmatist Perspective
• Author: Jay Schulkin
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 210
• EAN: 9780521517911
• ISBN: 0521517915
• ID: 02033264
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 452 g
• Dimensions: 231 × 159 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. September 2008

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