Summary of Heyes' article: Enquire Within: Cultural Evolution and Cognitive Science
1 Intro The purpose of this article is to explain how cultural evolution and cognitive science can inform each other. The specific way...
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hcadenas
- Dec 21, 2022
- 8 min
Summary of Boyd and Richerson's Chapter 5, Biased Transmission and the Sociobiology Debate
Chapter 5 Biased Transmission and the Sociobiology Debate The aim of this book is to develop a theory of cultural evolution and how it...
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hcadenas
- Nov 10, 2022
- 7 min
Introductory 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....
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hcadenas
- Sep 3, 2022
- 14 min
Summary of The Pleistocene Social Contract
Book By Kim Sterelny Book Summary by Haggeo I have a book review forthcoming in the quarterly review of biology. However, that is only...
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hcadenas
- Jan 17, 2022
- 4 min
Be(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...
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hcadenas
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
Summary 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...
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hcadenas
- Dec 29, 2021
- 16 min
Summary of The Evolved Apprentice
Book by Kim Sterelny summary by Haggeo Preface Sterenly distinguishes, following Peter Godfrey-Smith, philosophy of science vs philosophy...
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hcadenas
- Dec 8, 2021
- 3 min
Summary of The Varieties of Instrumental Rationality
Introduction Stephen Ellis argues that the concept of instrumental rationality fixes more than one standard for prescription, evaluation...
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hcadenas
- Sep 3, 2021
- 12 min
Is "Psychedelic Therapy" Bizarre?
Intro I recently told a family member that some researchers were investigating whether psychedelics can improve mental health. She burst...
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hcadenas
- Jun 30, 2021
- 3 min
Cognitive Gadgets Summary Ch 1
Cognitive Gadgets Below is my summary of chapter 1 of Cecilia Heyes' book, Cognitive Gadgets. Stay tuned for my summary of other...
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hcadenas
- Jun 10, 2021
- 4 min
Are Relationships Based on Benefit?
According to social exchange theory, relationships are places of exchange. “The purpose of this exchange is to maximize benefits and...
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