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Aug 11, 202315 min

Discussing 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...

Nov 10, 20227 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....

Sep 3, 202214 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...

Dec 29, 202116 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...

Dec 8, 20213 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...

Jun 30, 20213 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...