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020 _a9780511499982 (ebook)
020 _z9780521517911 (hardback)
020 _z9781107462717 (paperback)
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050 0 0 _aBF311
_b.S3784 2009
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100 1 _aSchulkin, Jay,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCognitive adaptation :
_ba pragmatist perspective /
_cJay Schulkin.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2009.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 198 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aCognitive 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.
520 _aCognitive 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.
650 0 _aCognition.
650 0 _aAdaptation (Physiology)
650 0 _aNeuropsychology.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521517911
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511499982
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