The Imagined World Made Real Towards a Natural Science of Culture

By:

Plotkin, Henry

Contributor(s):

Plotkin, Henry

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Burnswick, New Jersey Rutgers University Press 2002Description: 301pISBN:

081353268X

DDC classification:

O60.1 P724

Partial contents:

Marrying the Biological and Social Sciences i Culture, social constructions and natural science 7 Possible frameworks 16 Evolution and the theory of evolution 19 Alternative theories to NeoDarwinism 38 How good a theory is evolutionary theory? 43 2 The Evolution of Intelligence 47 Why intelligence ever evolved at all 48 The limits of reductionism 71 Intelligence unlimited? 75 Fodor poses a problem 83 Human intelligence as adaptation or exaptation 88 3 The Emergence of Culture 95 Broadening the picture 100 The trouble with `levels` 112 A solution to the levels problem 114 4 Naturalizing Culture the Process Way 120 The puzzle of war 124 Universal Darwinism 130 Modelling co-evolution 135 The `new` science of memetics 140 5 Causal Mechanisms 161 A general framework for understanding psychological mechanism 163 What those mechanisms may be 171 Concepts, schemata and other higher-order knowledge structures 172 Imitation 179 Language 188 Theory of Mind 197 Social force 204 A single magical mechanism? ZO9 Sugges ted R eadings 211 6 Individuals, Groups and Culture 213 The behavioural ecology of group living 217 The units and levels of selection 220 Vehicles, interactors and the revival of group selection 231 Niche construction 242 7 The Strangeness of Culture 248 The construction of social reality 251 A sociological turn 259 Social representations 266 Cultural psychology 273

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includes index and biblioraphy

Marrying the Biological and Social Sciences i
Culture, social constructions and natural science 7
Possible frameworks 16
Evolution and the theory of evolution 19
Alternative theories to NeoDarwinism 38
How good a theory is evolutionary theory? 43
2 The Evolution of Intelligence 47
Why intelligence ever evolved at all 48
The limits of reductionism 71
Intelligence unlimited? 75
Fodor poses a problem 83
Human intelligence as adaptation or exaptation 88
3 The Emergence of Culture 95
Broadening the picture 100
The trouble with `levels` 112
A solution to the levels problem 114
4 Naturalizing Culture the Process Way 120
The puzzle of war 124
Universal Darwinism 130
Modelling co-evolution 135
The `new` science of memetics 140
5 Causal Mechanisms 161
A general framework for understanding psychological mechanism 163
What those mechanisms may be 171
Concepts, schemata and other higher-order knowledge structures 172
Imitation 179
Language 188
Theory of Mind 197
Social force 204
A single magical mechanism? ZO9
Sugges ted R eadings 211
6 Individuals, Groups and Culture 213
The behavioural ecology of group living 217
The units and levels of selection 220
Vehicles, interactors and the revival of group selection 231
Niche construction 242
7 The Strangeness of Culture 248
The construction of social reality 251
A sociological turn 259
Social representations 266
Cultural psychology 273

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