Thought in a Hostile World

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The Evolution of Human Cognition

By Kim Sterelny

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Thought in a Hostile World explores the evolution of cognition, focusing on human cognitive development. Philosopher Kim Sterelny provides analytic tools to understand cognition's evolution and critiques nativist, modular approaches in evolutionary psychology, especially challenging the use of language as a model for human cognitive capacities. This work spans cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and evolutionary psychology.
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Ideal for readers interested in philosophy of mind, evolutionary psychology, and cognitive science, especially those seeking a critical perspective on modular theories of cognition.

Thought in a Hostile World is an exploration of the evolution of cognition, especially human cognition, by one of today's foremost philosophers of biology and of mind.

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WINNER OF THE 2004 LAKATOS AWARD!

Thought in a Hostile World is an exploration of the evolution of cognition, especially human cognition, by one of today's foremost philosophers of biology and of mind.

This work features an exploration of the evolution of human cognition.

Written by one of today’s foremost philosophers of mind and language, it presents a set of analytic tools for thinking about cognition and its evolution.

The book offers a critique of nativist, modular versions of evolutionary psychology and rejects the example of language as a model for thinking about human cognitive capacities.

Thought in a Hostile World is applicable to the areas of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and evolutionary psychology.

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Praised for its clarity and rigorous argumentation, the book offers a sophisticated account that challenges common assumptions in evolutionary psychology. Kevin N. Laland commends Sterelny's well-reasoned approach, while Fiona Cowie highlights its dense yet elegant writing and empirical depth, marking it as a major advance in understanding human cognitive evolution.

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ISBN: 9780631188872

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 June 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Professional and scholarly

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Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 435g

Pages: 280

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About the Author

Kim Sterelny is Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington and at the Research School of Social Science at the Australian National University. He is the author of The Representational Theory of Mind (Blackwell, 1990) and the co-author, with Michael Devitt, of Language and Reality (second edition, 1999) and, with Paul Griffiths, Sex and Death: An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology (1999).