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This page intentionally left blank cognitive adaptation CognitiveAdaptation:APragmatistPerspectivearguesthatthereisafunda- mentallinkbetweencognitive/neuralsystemsandevolutionthatunderlies human activity. One important result is that the line between nature and cultureandscientificandhumanisticinquiryisquitepermeable–thetwo arefairlycontinuouswitheachother.Twoconceptsfigureimportantlyinour humanascent:agencyandanimacy.Thefirstistherecognitionofanother person as having beliefs, desires, and a sense of experience. The second termistherecognitionofanobjectasalive,apieceofbiology.Bothreflecta predilectioninourcognitivearchitecturethatisfundamentaltoanevolving, butfragile,senseofhumanity.Thebookfurtherarguesforaregulativenorm of self-corrective inquiry, an appreciation of the hypothetical nature of all knowledge.JaySchulkin’sperspectiveisrootedincontemporarybehavioral, cognitiveneuroscienceandclassicalpragmatism. JaySchulkinisaresearchprofessorfortheDepartmentsofPhysiologyand BiophysicsandNeuroscienceatGeorgetownUniversity.Heistheauthorof numeroustexts,includingTheNeuroendocrineRegulationofBehavior,Roots ofSocialSensibilityandNeuralFunction,BodilySensibility:IntelligentAction, andAllostasis,Homeostasis,andtheCostsofPhysiologicalAdaptation. Cognitive Adaptation a pragmatist perspective Jay Schulkin GeorgetownUniversity CAMBRIDGEUNIVERSITYPRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB28RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521517911 © Jay Schulkin 2009 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2008 ISBN-13 978-0-511-42895-1 eBook (EBL) ISBN-13 978-0-521-51791-1 hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. ForJeffreyRosen,LouisSchmidt,andDavidWeissman;Iamvery gratefulfortheloveandsupport. contents Preface pageix Introduction 1 1. CognitiveAdaptation,Objects,andInquiry 18 2. TheHumanSituation:UncertaintyandAdaptation 38 3. TimeandMemory:HistoricalSensibilities 67 4. EducationalSensibilities 94 5. AnInstinctforSpiritualQuests:QuietReligion 123 Conclusion:DemythologizedReason 144 References 155 Index 191 vii
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