Social Brain Matters: Stances on the Neurobiology of Social Cognition.Oscar Vilarroya, Francesc Forn i Argimon Rodopi, 2007 - 299 pages This book examines philosophical and scientific implications of Neodarwinism relative to recent empirical data. It develops explanations of social behavior and cognition through analysis of mental capabilities and consideration of ethical issues. It includes debate within cognitive science among explanations of social and moral phenomena from philosophy, evolutionary and cognitive psychology, neurobiology, linguistics, and computer science. Cognitive Science (CS) provides an original corpus of scholarly work that makes explicit the import of cognitive-science research for philosophical analysis. Topics include the nature, structure, and justification of knowledge, cognitive architectures and development, brain-mind theories, and consciousness. |
Contents
A Brief Introduction from the Neurosciences | 19 |
Two Can Unselfishness Be Taught? | 31 |
THREE Learning from a Biocultural Developmental Perspective | 37 |
FOUR When is Ethical Learning? | 45 |
FIVE Perspectiveless Certainty in SocioCultural | 59 |
An Immoderate Proposal | 69 |
EIGHT Religion Suicide Terrorism and the Moral | 101 |
NINE On the Psychological Diversity of Moral Insensitivity | 119 |
FOURTEEN Conflict and Cooperation in Human Affairs | 171 |
FIFTEEN A Comment on Conflict and Cooperation in Human | 181 |
SIXTEEN Cultural Niche Construction and Human Evolution | 189 |
SEVENTEEN What Do We Know of the Social Brain? | 201 |
EIGHTEEN Evolutionary Origins of the Social Brain | 215 |
NINETEEN Language Originated in Social Brains | 223 |
TWENTY The Ape in the Anthill | 243 |
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ELEVEN Naturalistic Perspectives on Morality Limits | 139 |
THIRTEEN Foundations of Morality in the Infant | 161 |
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