Cognitive adaptation : a pragmatist perspective / / Jay Schulkin [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Schulkin Jay
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 153
• Soggetto topico: Cognition; Adaptation (Physiology); Neuropsychology
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cognitive adaptation
• ISBN: 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782336703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II