Cognitive Pluralism via Steven Horst
The following is a description of philosopher Steven Horst’s model of cognitive pluralism. The human mind is ultimately a product of evolution in which different phylogenetic parts, or modules, of the...
View ArticleNotes on Social Cognition
First of all, humans are immensely social beings. Some important social behaviors are genetically caused, and much of our brains are devoted to social domains/tasks. For example, face areas in the...
View ArticleEntropy and Extropy Across Domains
Entropy is a concept used in two main areas of physics: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. Entropy has various definitions in different areas. For example, it could refer to energy that is not...
View ArticleThe Mind-Body Problem Solved
The mind-body problem is the central issue in the subfield of philosophy known as philosophy of mind. The basic issue is this: How are the mind and brain related? Are they two different things? Are...
View ArticleHuman Nature: From Evolutionary Psychology to Civilizational Transcendence
Robert Wright’s book, The Moral Animal, is a great overview of basic evolutionary psychology. All the standard names like Trivers, Williams, Wilson, Buss, Pinker, Tooby and Cosmides make their...
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