Towards a unified science of cultural evolution - synergy
... serve to highlight how these disciplines are, in fact, studying complementary aspects of the same problems, and emphasise how multiple and multidisciplinary approaches to these problems are not only possible but necessary for their full exposition. At present, many of the individual studies consider ...
... serve to highlight how these disciplines are, in fact, studying complementary aspects of the same problems, and emphasise how multiple and multidisciplinary approaches to these problems are not only possible but necessary for their full exposition. At present, many of the individual studies consider ...
Street`s Evolutionary Debunking Argument: Nuancing A Moral
... I begin without the assumption that there are moral truths simply because this is not an argument, like Street’s, for the existence or non-existence of independent moral truths. And what is more, I can safely assume that moral truths have to do with the ends of moral individuals simply because this ...
... I begin without the assumption that there are moral truths simply because this is not an argument, like Street’s, for the existence or non-existence of independent moral truths. And what is more, I can safely assume that moral truths have to do with the ends of moral individuals simply because this ...
The Evolution of Hominid Bipedalism
... stream that we needed to cross. There was a rock path, but the rocks were not easy to walk on- they were rounded and very slippery. After a couple of people ahead of me slipped, falling into the stream, I decided it would be best to use my arms for support. Using the idea that four points of contact ...
... stream that we needed to cross. There was a rock path, but the rocks were not easy to walk on- they were rounded and very slippery. After a couple of people ahead of me slipped, falling into the stream, I decided it would be best to use my arms for support. Using the idea that four points of contact ...
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... Can the Leopold land ethic be transposed from the terrestrial environment (in and for which it was conceived) to the marine environment? that is, Can the land ethic double as a sea ethic? Yes and No Yes—to the extent that we can find the kind of biotic communities with which we can relate as plain ...
... Can the Leopold land ethic be transposed from the terrestrial environment (in and for which it was conceived) to the marine environment? that is, Can the land ethic double as a sea ethic? Yes and No Yes—to the extent that we can find the kind of biotic communities with which we can relate as plain ...
Physical Anthropology 101 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... then left to discern the mechanism that produced these changes. He believed that the environment played a part in change of life forms over time. ...
... then left to discern the mechanism that produced these changes. He believed that the environment played a part in change of life forms over time. ...
Physical Anthropology 101 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... parts all fit together to create a working whole and all parts are needed to make the thing work) proves that there is a designer of the universe and life on earth. Paley (Natural Theology, 1802) said that a watch is proof that there is a designer who made the watch. A watch cannot come into being w ...
... parts all fit together to create a working whole and all parts are needed to make the thing work) proves that there is a designer of the universe and life on earth. Paley (Natural Theology, 1802) said that a watch is proof that there is a designer who made the watch. A watch cannot come into being w ...
ARTIFACTS AS DOMESTICATED KINDS OF PRACTICES Sergio F
... duality from different perspectives. Two psychologists (Barbara Malt and Steven Sloman) start their contribution to the anthology with the following sentence: “A sizeable subfield of cognitive psychology is devoted to how humans categorize entities in their world, yet there has been little explicit ...
... duality from different perspectives. Two psychologists (Barbara Malt and Steven Sloman) start their contribution to the anthology with the following sentence: “A sizeable subfield of cognitive psychology is devoted to how humans categorize entities in their world, yet there has been little explicit ...
Physical Anthropology 101 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... complexity and apparent design in living things (i.e. various parts all fit together to create a working whole) proves that there is a designer of the universe and life on earth. Paley (in Natural Theology, 1802) said that a watch is proof that there is a designer who made the watch. As a watch cann ...
... complexity and apparent design in living things (i.e. various parts all fit together to create a working whole) proves that there is a designer of the universe and life on earth. Paley (in Natural Theology, 1802) said that a watch is proof that there is a designer who made the watch. As a watch cann ...
Physical Anthropology - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... 6. Is catastropism or uniformitarianism the current scientific view of how the earth changes over time? ***Argument from Design*** This concept is not discussed in your text so make sure to read these notes carefully. The argument from design has been around for a long time and was formulated by Wil ...
... 6. Is catastropism or uniformitarianism the current scientific view of how the earth changes over time? ***Argument from Design*** This concept is not discussed in your text so make sure to read these notes carefully. The argument from design has been around for a long time and was formulated by Wil ...
society as hybrid between material and symbolic realms
... examples given by Godelier would nowadays need to be questioned.] Secondly, there is that part of nature which has been transformed by human intervention, but indirectly, without the latter’s agents having either intended or anticipated the consequences of their action. [Examples given are erosion a ...
... examples given by Godelier would nowadays need to be questioned.] Secondly, there is that part of nature which has been transformed by human intervention, but indirectly, without the latter’s agents having either intended or anticipated the consequences of their action. [Examples given are erosion a ...
Physical Anthropology 101 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... complexity and apparent design in living things (i.e. various parts all fit together to create a working whole) proves that there is a designer of the universe and life on earth. Paley (in Natural Theology, 1802) said that a watch is proof that there is a designer who made the watch. As a watch cann ...
... complexity and apparent design in living things (i.e. various parts all fit together to create a working whole) proves that there is a designer of the universe and life on earth. Paley (in Natural Theology, 1802) said that a watch is proof that there is a designer who made the watch. As a watch cann ...
Proposed General Education syllabus based on Fall 2015 APG 201
... condition: Incessantly chattering, naked, culturally dependent, big-brained, bipedal creatures who are diverse in appearance and culture and inhabit nearly all types of habitats on Earth. Our journey progresses along a natural and logical path of questions that all learners ask about the science of ...
... condition: Incessantly chattering, naked, culturally dependent, big-brained, bipedal creatures who are diverse in appearance and culture and inhabit nearly all types of habitats on Earth. Our journey progresses along a natural and logical path of questions that all learners ask about the science of ...
Physical Anthropology - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... 13. The oldest “human-like ancestors” in the fossil record are some 4.5 million years and they are considered “human-like” (instead of ape-like) because of their big brains 14. Forensic anthropologists can determine the lifestyle, sex, and approximate age an individual was when they died by examinin ...
... 13. The oldest “human-like ancestors” in the fossil record are some 4.5 million years and they are considered “human-like” (instead of ape-like) because of their big brains 14. Forensic anthropologists can determine the lifestyle, sex, and approximate age an individual was when they died by examinin ...
Н - Sociostudies.org
... system. The revisionists argue that that larger social system has affected Bushman life for many centuries. Through recent decades, writings in Khoisan studies have focused attention on sharing and reciprocity, and this interest transcends these other, more specific, emphases. This was a concern of ...
... system. The revisionists argue that that larger social system has affected Bushman life for many centuries. Through recent decades, writings in Khoisan studies have focused attention on sharing and reciprocity, and this interest transcends these other, more specific, emphases. This was a concern of ...
adap-org/9901001 PDF
... variable and complicated; if they want simple laws, equally applicable to all entities of a particular sort, they must abandon their traditional ontology. " Two entities that each meet the criteria for functioning within an evolutionary process must be considered as the same kind of entity even if o ...
... variable and complicated; if they want simple laws, equally applicable to all entities of a particular sort, they must abandon their traditional ontology. " Two entities that each meet the criteria for functioning within an evolutionary process must be considered as the same kind of entity even if o ...
Slide 1 The Rejection of Cultural Evolution (How Evolution Came to
... •“interaction of culture and environment becomes increasingly complex when followed out. … this complexity makes generalization unprofitable,… in each situation or area, different environmental facotrs are likely to be impinging on culture with different intensity Slide 22 Environmental Possibilism ...
... •“interaction of culture and environment becomes increasingly complex when followed out. … this complexity makes generalization unprofitable,… in each situation or area, different environmental facotrs are likely to be impinging on culture with different intensity Slide 22 Environmental Possibilism ...
file - ORCA
... urban development above also reflects the disparate nature of the organic perspectives that have been adopted by planners largely independent of similar historical and contemporary works in other disciplines. I should clarify at this point that evolutionary metaphors are mostly not intended for norm ...
... urban development above also reflects the disparate nature of the organic perspectives that have been adopted by planners largely independent of similar historical and contemporary works in other disciplines. I should clarify at this point that evolutionary metaphors are mostly not intended for norm ...
Innovation in Cultural Systems
... not as tiny parts (Boyd et al. 1997; Guglielmino et al. 1995; Henrich and McElreath 2003; Pocklington 2006; Shennan and Steele 1999; chapter 14, this volume). Selection can, and often does, act as a tinkerer—and “one who does not know exactly what he is going to produce but uses whatever he finds ar ...
... not as tiny parts (Boyd et al. 1997; Guglielmino et al. 1995; Henrich and McElreath 2003; Pocklington 2006; Shennan and Steele 1999; chapter 14, this volume). Selection can, and often does, act as a tinkerer—and “one who does not know exactly what he is going to produce but uses whatever he finds ar ...
Beyond nature versus culture - Staff
... understanding why such determination exists; thus adopting a Darwinian perspective can add depth and value to work in the social sciences. On the other hand, if transmitted culture turns out to be very important – and this is an open question – then evolutionists may have to concede a central point ...
... understanding why such determination exists; thus adopting a Darwinian perspective can add depth and value to work in the social sciences. On the other hand, if transmitted culture turns out to be very important – and this is an open question – then evolutionists may have to concede a central point ...
Human Nature, Social Theory and the Problem of Institutional Design
... a vast repository of research and writing that explores, or at least anticipates, a synthesis between a model of the self and a model of society. But instead of finding a tendency towards the natural integration of these inquiries, compartmentalisation persists, and obstacles are and have been place ...
... a vast repository of research and writing that explores, or at least anticipates, a synthesis between a model of the self and a model of society. But instead of finding a tendency towards the natural integration of these inquiries, compartmentalisation persists, and obstacles are and have been place ...
Cultural Evolution: Integration and Scepticism
... discussing what we would now think of as human cultural history. One cannot use Darwin’s own works to argue that the social sciences should become Darwinian, if what one means by this is that a social scientific synthesis must have natural selection at its core. Indeed, one cannot even use the succe ...
... discussing what we would now think of as human cultural history. One cannot use Darwin’s own works to argue that the social sciences should become Darwinian, if what one means by this is that a social scientific synthesis must have natural selection at its core. Indeed, one cannot even use the succe ...
Ingold: Prospect
... that the units that are transmitted from generation to generation, and whose mutation, recombinatjon and differential propagation are sup posed to account for evolutionary change, are genes. The only conditions are that these units should be replicable and should encode information. When it comes to ...
... that the units that are transmitted from generation to generation, and whose mutation, recombinatjon and differential propagation are sup posed to account for evolutionary change, are genes. The only conditions are that these units should be replicable and should encode information. When it comes to ...
The Once and Future “Apeman” - San Francisco State University
... contortions is the real possibility of taking an organism that is genetically 98% human and manipulating its cellular structure so as to make it into a creature with recognizable human characteristics (see Chakrabarty 2003; Glenn 2003; Marshall 1999; Resnik 2003). What is interesting about this is t ...
... contortions is the real possibility of taking an organism that is genetically 98% human and manipulating its cellular structure so as to make it into a creature with recognizable human characteristics (see Chakrabarty 2003; Glenn 2003; Marshall 1999; Resnik 2003). What is interesting about this is t ...
Evolving Consciousness: The Very Idea!
... (2) machines have mentality if they are semiotic systems; (3) a thing has a mind if it is capable of making a mistake; etc. from The Evolution of Intelligence: Are Humans the Only Animals with Minds?, James H. Fetzer (2005) ...
... (2) machines have mentality if they are semiotic systems; (3) a thing has a mind if it is capable of making a mistake; etc. from The Evolution of Intelligence: Are Humans the Only Animals with Minds?, James H. Fetzer (2005) ...