TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schulkin,Jay
TI  - Cognitive adaptation: a pragmatist perspective 
SN  - 9780511499982 (ebook)
AV  - BF311 .S3784 2009
U1  - 153 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Cognition
KW  - Adaptation (Physiology)
KW  - Neuropsychology
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Cognitive adaptation : objects and inquiry -- The human situation : uncertainty and adaptation -- Time and memory : historical sensibilities -- Education : learning from others, neurogenesis -- Cognitive and neurobiological basis of religious inquiry -- Conclusion : demythologized reason
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511499982
ER  -