Evolution and human culture : texts and contexts / by Gregory F. Tague.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tague, Gregory, author.

Series:

Value inquiry book series. Cognitive science ; v. 290.

Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; volume 290. Cognitive Science

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics, Evolutionary.

Culture.

Cognition.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

xi, 162 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, [2016]

Summary:

Evolution and Human Culture argues that values, beliefs, and practices are expressions of individual and shared moral sentiments. Much of our cultural production stems from what in early hominins was a caring tendency, both the care to share and a self-care to challenge others. Topics cover prehistory, mind, biology, morality, comparative primatology, art, and aesthetics. The book is valuable to students and scholars in the arts, including moral philosophers, who would benefit from reading about scientific developments that impact their fields. For biologists and social scientists the book provides a window into how scientific research contributes to understanding the arts and humanities. The take-home point is that culture does not transcend nature; rather, culture is an evolved moral behavior. 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Prehistory and mind

Biology and morality as interrelated

Culture and evolution

Art and aesthetics as moral cognition.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Tague, Gregory, author. Evolution and human culture

ISBN:

9789004305366

900430536X

OCLC:

942382234