Ebook: Evolutionary Epistemology, Language and Culture: A Non-Adaptationist, Systems Theoretical Approach

For the first time in history, scholars working on language and culture from within an evolutionary epistemological framework, and thereby emphasizing complementary or deviating theories of the Modern Synthesis, were brought together. Of course there have been excellent conferences on Evolutionary Epistemology in the past, as well as numerous conferences on the topics of Language and Culture. However, until now these disciplines had not been brought together into one all-encompassing conference.

Moreover, previously there never had been such stress on alternative and complementary theories of the Modern Synthesis. Today we know that natural selection and evolution are far from synonymous and that they do not explain isomorphic phenomena in the world. ‘Taking Darwin seriously’ is the way to go, but today the time has come to take alternative and complementary theories that developed after the Modern Synthesis, equally seriously, and, furthermore, to examine how language and culture can merit from these diverse disciplines.

As this volume will make clear, a specific inter- and transdisciplinary approach is one of the next crucial steps that needs to be taken, if we ever want to unravel the secrets of phenomena such as language and culture.

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For the first time in history, scholars working on language and culture from within an evolutionary epistemological framework, and thereby emphasizing complementary or deviating theories of the Modern Synthesis, were brought together. Of course there have been excellent conferences on Evolutionary Epistemology in the past, as well as numerous conferences on the topics of Language and Culture. However, until now these disciplines had not been brought together into one all-encompassing conference.

Moreover, previously there never had been such stress on alternative and complementary theories of the Modern Synthesis. Today we know that natural selection and evolution are far from synonymous and that they do not explain isomorphic phenomena in the world. ‘Taking Darwin seriously’ is the way to go, but today the time has come to take alternative and complementary theories that developed after the Modern Synthesis, equally seriously, and, furthermore, to examine how language and culture can merit from these diverse disciplines.

As this volume will make clear, a specific inter- and transdisciplinary approach is one of the next crucial steps that needs to be taken, if we ever want to unravel the secrets of phenomena such as language and culture.

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For the first time in history, scholars working on language and culture from within an evolutionary epistemological framework, and thereby emphasizing complementary or deviating theories of the Modern Synthesis, were brought together. Of course there have been excellent conferences on Evolutionary Epistemology in the past, as well as numerous conferences on the topics of Language and Culture. However, until now these disciplines had not been brought together into one all-encompassing conference.

Moreover, previously there never had been such stress on alternative and complementary theories of the Modern Synthesis. Today we know that natural selection and evolution are far from synonymous and that they do not explain isomorphic phenomena in the world. ‘Taking Darwin seriously’ is the way to go, but today the time has come to take alternative and complementary theories that developed after the Modern Synthesis, equally seriously, and, furthermore, to examine how language and culture can merit from these diverse disciplines.

As this volume will make clear, a specific inter- and transdisciplinary approach is one of the next crucial steps that needs to be taken, if we ever want to unravel the secrets of phenomena such as language and culture.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction to evolutionary epistemology, language and culture....Pages 1-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Evolutionary epistemology: The non-adaptationist approach....Pages 33-46
Like cats and dogs: Radical constructivism and evolutionary epistemology....Pages 47-65
The biological boundary conditions for our classical physical world view....Pages 67-93
Is the real world something more than the world of our experience? Relations between Neo-Darwinism, transcendental philosophy and cognitive sciences....Pages 95-108
Universal Darwinism and process essentialism....Pages 109-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Darwinism, traditional linguistics and the new Palaeolithic Continuity Theory of language evolution....Pages 121-147
The extended mind model of the origin of language and culture....Pages 149-167
From changes in the world to changes in the words....Pages 169-194
Evolutionary epistemology and the origin and evolution of language: Taking symbiogenesis seriously....Pages 195-226
The self-organization of dynamic systems: Modularity under scrutiny....Pages 227-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Against human nature....Pages 259-281
Cognition, evolution, and sociality....Pages 283-312
Cultural evolution, the Baldwin effect, and social norms....Pages 313-334
Cultural creativity and evolutionary flexibility....Pages 335-350
Some ideas to study the evolution of mathematics....Pages 351-377
Front Matter....Pages 379-379
Computer modelling as a tool for understanding language evolution....Pages 381-406
Simulating the syntax and semantics of linguistic constructions about time....Pages 407-428
Evolutionary game-theoretic semantics and its foundational status....Pages 429-452
Towards a quantum evolutionary scheme: Violating Bell’s inequalities in language....Pages 453-478
Back Matter....Pages 479-493

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For the first time in history, scholars working on language and culture from within an evolutionary epistemological framework, and thereby emphasizing complementary or deviating theories of the Modern Synthesis, were brought together. Of course there have been excellent conferences on Evolutionary Epistemology in the past, as well as numerous conferences on the topics of Language and Culture. However, until now these disciplines had not been brought together into one all-encompassing conference.

Moreover, previously there never had been such stress on alternative and complementary theories of the Modern Synthesis. Today we know that natural selection and evolution are far from synonymous and that they do not explain isomorphic phenomena in the world. ‘Taking Darwin seriously’ is the way to go, but today the time has come to take alternative and complementary theories that developed after the Modern Synthesis, equally seriously, and, furthermore, to examine how language and culture can merit from these diverse disciplines.

As this volume will make clear, a specific inter- and transdisciplinary approach is one of the next crucial steps that needs to be taken, if we ever want to unravel the secrets of phenomena such as language and culture.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction to evolutionary epistemology, language and culture....Pages 1-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
Evolutionary epistemology: The non-adaptationist approach....Pages 33-46
Like cats and dogs: Radical constructivism and evolutionary epistemology....Pages 47-65
The biological boundary conditions for our classical physical world view....Pages 67-93
Is the real world something more than the world of our experience? Relations between Neo-Darwinism, transcendental philosophy and cognitive sciences....Pages 95-108
Universal Darwinism and process essentialism....Pages 109-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Darwinism, traditional linguistics and the new Palaeolithic Continuity Theory of language evolution....Pages 121-147
The extended mind model of the origin of language and culture....Pages 149-167
From changes in the world to changes in the words....Pages 169-194
Evolutionary epistemology and the origin and evolution of language: Taking symbiogenesis seriously....Pages 195-226
The self-organization of dynamic systems: Modularity under scrutiny....Pages 227-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Against human nature....Pages 259-281
Cognition, evolution, and sociality....Pages 283-312
Cultural evolution, the Baldwin effect, and social norms....Pages 313-334
Cultural creativity and evolutionary flexibility....Pages 335-350
Some ideas to study the evolution of mathematics....Pages 351-377
Front Matter....Pages 379-379
Computer modelling as a tool for understanding language evolution....Pages 381-406
Simulating the syntax and semantics of linguistic constructions about time....Pages 407-428
Evolutionary game-theoretic semantics and its foundational status....Pages 429-452
Towards a quantum evolutionary scheme: Violating Bell’s inequalities in language....Pages 453-478
Back Matter....Pages 479-493
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