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Can the insights of science provide a proper understanding of human culture, or must the analysis of culture be left to the so-called human sciences - anthropology, psychology, or sociology? "The Imagined World Made Real" is an attempt to marry the human and biological sciences, bridging the gulf between these various disciplines. The theory of evolution provides the bridge. The text can be used as an introduction to evolutionary theory and its analysis of human nature, offering a unified approach to the natural and human sciences.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 Marrying the biological and social sciences: culture, social constructions and natural science; possible frameworks; evolution and the theory of evolution; alternative theories to NeoDarwinism; how good a theory is evolutionary theory?; suggested readings. Part 2 The evolution of intelligence: why intelligence ever evolved at all; the limits of reductionism; intelligence unlimited?; Fodor poses a problem; human intelligence as adaptation or exaptation; suggested readings. Part 3 The emergence of culture: broadening the picture; the trouble with "levels"; a solution to the levels problem; suggested readings. Part 4 Naturalizing culture the process way: the puzzle of war; universal Darwinism; modelling co-evolution; the "new" science of memetics; suggested readings. Part 5 Causal mechanisms: a general framework for understanding psychological mechanism; what those mechanisms may be; concepts, schemata and other higher-order knowledge structures; imitation; language; theory of mind; social force; a single magical mechanism?; suggested readings. Part 6 Individuals, groups and culture: the behavioural ecology of group living; the units and levels of selection; vehicles, interactors and the revival of group selection; niche construction; suggested readings. Part 7 The strangeness of culture: the construction of social reality; a sociological turn; social representations; cultural psychology; a tentative conclusion; suggested readings.

About the Author :
Professor of Psychobiology at University College London, author of two previous Penguins: Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge and Evolution in Mind.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780713994087
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Allen Lane
  • Height: 242 mm
  • Spine Width: 29 mm
  • Weight: 626 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0713994088
  • Publisher Date: 07 Mar 2002
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Towards a Natural Science of Culture
  • Width: 167 mm


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