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Complexity and the Function of Mind in Nature
This book is a further contribution to the series Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology.It is an ambitious attempt to explain the relationship between intelligence and environmental complexity, and in so doing to link philosophy of mind to more general … Continue reading
The Language Instinct – The New Science of Language and Mind
Language is so tightly woven into human experience that it is scarcely possible to imagine life without it. Chances are that if you find two or more people together anywhere on earth, they will soon be exchanging words. When there … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations, Culture, Dialogue, Humans, Instinct, Intelligence, Interaction, Language, Mind
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Noam Chomsky on how Kids Acquire Language & Ideas
Noam Chomsky became internationally famous for proposing a novel solution to an age-old question: what does a baby know? After years of research, Chomsky proposed that newborns have a hard-wired ability to understand grammar. Language acquisition is as elemental to … Continue reading
Posted in Infants, Language, Learning, Linguistic, Mind
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The Development of the Mediated Mind – Sociocultural Context and Cognitive Development
Katherine Nelson’s view of cognitive development as an interactive process, mediated by culture, context, language, and social interaction, has shaped the current field of cognitive development. The impact of Katherine’s views on the sociocultural basis of cognition and her functionalist … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Cognitive development, Mediated mind, Mind, Social interaction, Sociocultural
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Culture in Minds and Societies: Foundations of Cultural Psychology
This book is an adventure into the synthesis of ideas in the field of cultural psychology—building on the know-how of developmental science, anthropology, sociology, history, semiotics, and philosophy. Its basic focus is deeply phenomenological—human lived-through experience—rather than behavior– is taken … Continue reading
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Social Brains, Simple Minds: does Social Complexity require Cognitive Complexity?
The social brain hypothesis is a well-accepted and well-supported evolutionary theory of enlarged brain size in the non-human primates. Nevertheless, it tends to emphasize an anthropocentric view of social life and cognition. This often leads to confusion between ultimate and … Continue reading
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The Brain, the Mind, and Societal and Cultural Learning
Research reveals that historical episodes of societal and cultural change have always been mediated by out groups which seek direct experience of reality and the personal transformation it entrains. The strict rationalist model of cultural change used in Futures Research … Continue reading
Posted in Brains, Cultural learning, Culture, Mind, Society
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Consciousness and The Future of the Mind
The first thing we asked Michio Kaku when he stopped by Nautilus for an interview was what was a nice theoretical physicist like him doing studying the brain. Of course the outgoing Kaku, 67, a professor at City College of … Continue reading
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Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology
Why do we eat sardines, but never goldfish; ducks, but never parrots? Why does adding cheese make a hamburger a “cheeseburger” whereas adding ketchup does not make it a “ketchup burger”? By the same token, how do we determine which … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Mind, Social cognition, Society, Sociology
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Evolutionary Perspectives on Mind, Brain, and Education
Understanding about human origins informs our understanding of what it means to be human. It is reasonable, therefore, to consider that an evolutionary perspective can provide insight into the nature and processes of human learning and education. This article reviews … Continue reading
Posted in Brains, Education, Evolution, Mind
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