{"product_id":"thought-in-a-hostile-world-isbn-9780631188872","title":"Thought in a Hostile World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2004 LAKATOS AWARD!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThought in a Hostile World\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the evolution of cognition, especially human cognition, by one of today's foremost philosophers of biology and of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeaturesan exploration of the evolution of human cognition.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by one of today’s foremost philosophers of mind and language.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a set of analytic tools for thinking about cognition and its evolution.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a critique of nativist, modular versions of evolutionary psychology, rejecting the example of language as a model for thinking about human cognitive capacities.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eApplies to the areas of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and evolutionary psychology.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Preface. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Assembling Intentionality:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Evolutionary Naturalism:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Projects Of Evolutionary Naturalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Simple Co-Ordination Thesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Detection Systems:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Environmental Complexity Hypothesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetection Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Power Of Detection Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransparent And Translucent Worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobust Tracking Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Fuels For Success:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDecoupled Representation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse Breadth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFuels For Success: Space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFuels For Success: Intervention In The Material World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReprise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Fuels For Success: The Social Intelligence Hypothesis:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cognitive Demands Of Social Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Intelligence Hypothesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cognitive World Of The Great Apes: Imitation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cognitive World Of Great Apes: Tracking Other Minds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The Descent Of Preference:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternal Environments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Forager’s Dilemma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreference Eliminativism?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreference-Like States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Not Just Another Species Of Large Mammal:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Reconstructing Hominid Evolution:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTesting Theories Of Human Evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Cognitive Device To Evolutionary History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Progress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Example: Tomasello’s Conjecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. The Co-Operation Explosion:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Co-Operative Primate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGroup Selection And Human Co-Operation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ecological Trigger Of Hominid Co-Operation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoalition And Enforcement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommitment To Enforcement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpshot.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. The Self-Made Species:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEcological Engineers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCumulative Niche Construction: The Cognitive Condition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCumulative Niche Construction: The Social Condition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHominid Epistemic Engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDownstream Epistemic Engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Heterogeneous Environments And Variable Response:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhenotypic Plasticity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs Plasticity An Adaptation?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReprise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Fate Of The Folk:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. The Massive Modularity Hypothesis:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMassive Modularity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage: Paradigm Or Outlier?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunicative Intentions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFodor’s Modules And Their Limits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInward Bound.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution And Encapsulation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Poverty Of The Stimulus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Case Of Folk Biology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModularity And The Frame Problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Interpreting Other Agents:.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Theory Of Mind Module?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeconstructing The Folk Psychology Module.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpretation, Perception And Scaffolded Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTruth, Evidence And Success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCo-Ordination And Meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSomething New Under The Sun?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Written with both clarity and rigor, \u003ci\u003eThought in a Hostile World\u003c\/i\u003e is a richly informed and sophisticated account of the evolution of complex cognition. Sterelny's arguments appeal, not so much because they reinforce our preconceptions – on the contrary, we are frequently challenged – but rather because they are informed, well-reasoned, and leave us with plenty to think about. Sterelny's book could aptly be renamed \u003ci\u003eClear Thought in a Muddled World\u003c\/i\u003e and evolutionary psychologists, in particular, would benefit from reading it.\" \u003ci\u003eKevin N. Laland, University of St. Andrews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a godsend for anyone wanting to understand the evolution of human cognition without buying into the wholesale modularism of recent evolutionary psychology. Densely, but elegantly, written and replete with fascinating empirical detail, this book represents a major advance in the philosophical understanding of human cognitive evolution.\" \u003ci\u003eFiona Cowie, California Institute of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKim Sterelny\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Representational Theory of Mind \u003c\/i\u003e(Blackwell, 1990) and the co-author, with Michael Devitt, of \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Reality \u003c\/i\u003e(second edition, 1999) and, with Paul Griffiths, \u003ci\u003eSex and Death: An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology \u003c\/i\u003e(1999).  \u003ci\u003eThought in a Hostile World\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the evolution of cognition, especially human cognition, by one of today's foremost philosophers of biology and of mind.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe central idea of the book is that thought is a response to threat. Competitors and enemies make life hard by their direct physical effects. But they also make life hard by eroding epistemic conditions. They lie. They hide themselves. They seem other than what they are.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSterelny uses this and related ideas to explore from an evolutionary perspective the relationship between folk psychology and an integrated scientific conception of human cognition. In the process, he examines how and why human minds have evolved. The book argues that humans are cognitively, socially, and sexually very unlike the other great apes, and that despite our relatively recent separation from their lineages, human social and cognitive evolution has been driven by unusual evolutionary mechanisms. In developing his own picture of the descent of the human mind, Sterelny further offers a critique of nativist, modular versions of evolutionary psychology.This volume will be of vital interest to scholars and students interested in cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and evolutionary psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990388883685,"sku":"NP9780631188872","price":62.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631188872.jpg?v=1761787628","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/thought-in-a-hostile-world-isbn-9780631188872","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}