The Evolution of Mind

Denise D. Cummins, Colin Allen (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

1998
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780195110531 (ISBN)

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This volume presents chapters from figures working in the fields of evolutionary psychology and epistemology. They focus on the evolution of mind and are written so that professionals not in these areas can grasp the import of evolutionary psychology and how it deals with crucial cognitive issues.

This edited volume presents original chapters from major figures working in the fields of evolutionary psychology and epistemology. Each chapter focuses on the evolution of mind and is written in a style that is easily attainable to professionals not in these areas, allowing them to grasp the importance of evolutionary psychology and how it deals with crucial cognitive issues.

Denise Dellarosa Cummins, Ph.D. is with the Department of Psychology, California State University, Sacramento. Colin Allen, Ph.D., is with the Department of Philosophy, Texas A&M University.

1. Ecological Intelligence: An Adaptation for Frequencies; 2. The Evolutioary Roots of Intelligent Reasoning; 3. Building a Cognitive Creature from a Set of Primitives: Evolutionary and Developmental Insights; 5. An Evolved Capacity for Number; 6. Playing with Play: What Can We Learn about Cognition, Negotiation, and Evolution; 7. The Evolution of Reference; 8. Some Issues in the Evolution of Language and Thought; 9. Morgan's Canon; 10. Do's and Don'ts for Darwinizing Psychology

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.6.1998
Zusatzinfo	6 halftones, 16 line figures, bibliography
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
ISBN-13	9780195110531 / 9780195110531
Zustand	Neuware