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hcadenasAug 1115 minDiscussing and Describing psychedelic experiences and effects Introduction I just finished the first week of a class on psychedelics that I am teaching. I enjoyed it so much that I want to highlight...
hcadenasDec 27, 20226 minSummary of Heyes' article: Enquire Within: Cultural Evolution and Cognitive Science1 Intro The purpose of this article is to explain how cultural evolution and cognitive science can inform each other. The specific way...
hcadenasDec 21, 20228 minSummary of Boyd and Richerson's Chapter 5, Biased Transmission and the Sociobiology DebateChapter 5 Biased Transmission and the Sociobiology Debate The aim of this book is to develop a theory of cultural evolution and how it...
hcadenasNov 10, 20227 minIntroductory Summary of Culture and evolutionary Process. Overview Boyd and Richerson (1985) start with the observation that evolution has only recently made contributions to the social sciences....
hcadenasSep 3, 202214 minSummary of The Pleistocene Social ContractBook By Kim Sterelny Book Summary by Haggeo I have a book review forthcoming in the quarterly review of biology. However, that is only...
hcadenasJan 17, 20224 minBe(A)ware of Theories: Gullibility and one way to avoid it ______________ Key Take Aways To evaluate a theory, you need to be able to compare it to an alternative. This suggests that people can...
hcadenasJan 10, 20223 minSummary of Manuel Vargas on Responsibility Traditionally, the problem of moral responsibility rests on whether free will exists. As a question, the problem is “how can we hold...
hcadenasDec 29, 202116 minSummary of The Evolved Apprentice Book by Kim Sterelny summary by Haggeo Preface Sterenly distinguishes, following Peter Godfrey-Smith, philosophy of science vs philosophy...
hcadenasDec 8, 20213 minSummary of The Varieties of Instrumental RationalityIntroduction Stephen Ellis argues that the concept of instrumental rationality fixes more than one standard for prescription, evaluation...