LEADER 03358nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910821976503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-23062-1 010 $a1-280-29034-X 010 $a9786610290345 010 $a0-203-01291-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000359557 035 $a(EBL)254330 035 $a(OCoLC)70680593 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000151509 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11153072 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151509 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10318133 035 $a(PQKB)10738432 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC254330 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL254330 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10163593 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL29034 035 $a(OCoLC)814320201 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000359557 100 $a20050222d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEvolution, rationality, and cognition $ea cognitive science for the twenty-first century /$fedited by Antonio Zilhao 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (199 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in the philosophy of science ;$vv. 1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-59160-0 311 $a0-415-36260-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart I: Evolution -- Intelligent design is untestable : what about natural selection? / Elliott Sober -- Social learning and the Baldwin effect / David Papineau -- Signals, evolution and the explanatory power of transient information / Brian Skyrms -- Part II: Rationality -- Untangling the evolution of mental representation / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- Innateness and brain-wiring optimization / Christopher Cherniak -- Evolution and the origins of the rational / Inman Harvey -- Part III: Cognition -- How to get around by mind and body : spatial thought, spatial action / Barbara Tversky -- Simulation and the evolution of mindreading / Chandra Sripada and Alvin Goldman -- Enhancing and augmenting human reasoning / Tim van Gelder. 330 $aEvolutionary thinking has expanded in the last decades, spreading from its traditional stronghold - the explanation of speciation and adaptation in biology - to new domains. Fascinating pieces of work, the essays in this collection attest to the illuminating power of evolutionary thinking when applied to the understanding of the human mind.The contributors to Cognition, Evolution and Rationality use an evolutionary standpoint to approach the nature of the human mind, including both cognitive and behavioural functions. Cognitive science is by its nature an interdisciplinary s 410 0$aRoutledge studies in the philosophy of science ;$vv. 1. 606 $aEvolution$xPhilosophy 606 $aCognition$xPhilosophy 606 $aRationalism 606 $aCognitive science$xPhilosophy 615 0$aEvolution$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aCognition$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aRationalism. 615 0$aCognitive science$xPhilosophy. 676 $a128/.2 701 $aZilhao$b Antonio$f1960-$01620493 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821976503321 996 $aEvolution, rationality, and cognition$93953298 997 $aUNINA