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Thought in a Hostile World
The Evolution of Human Cognition
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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.
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See moreThought 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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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
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 230.0mm
Weight: 435g
Pages: 280
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).
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