20 May
2014
20 May
'14
3:22 p.m.
During the last three decades, several attempts were made to clarify the
possibilities and limitations of naturalistic approaches to mind and
culture. Themost important new vistas arise from modern evolutionary theory
but the issues also have, in the background, the traditional debates on
reductionism and biological determinism. Some of the challenging issues
involved in reconsidering biology and culture in their relations are
discussed in this volume: _ the 'natural' origin and 'biology' of
sociality,
_ the naturalistic origins of human cognitive capacities, _ the interface
between biological evolution and cultural evolution, _ adaptation as
exaptation in explaining culture, _ universal and specific aspects of
cultural systems such as languages, _ the neural circuitry of primary
(language like) and secondary (writing like) _ cultural systems.
