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UNINA9910453838803321 |
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Autore |
Schulkin Jay |
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Titolo |
Cognitive adaptation : a pragmatist perspective / / Jay Schulkin [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 |
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1-107-19153-X |
1-281-79133-4 |
9786611791339 |
0-511-42943-6 |
0-511-42824-3 |
0-511-42981-9 |
0-511-42763-8 |
0-511-49998-1 |
0-511-42895-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cognition |
Adaptation (Physiology) |
Neuropsychology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, |
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