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Basic References on the Global Brain / Superorganism - Short annotated bibliography and link list related to theories of the global brain. "Society can be viewed as a multicellular organism, with individuals in the role of the cells. The network of communication channels connecting individuals then plays the role of a nervous system for this superorganism, i.e. a "global brain"." pespmc1.vub.ac.be/GBRAINREF.html |
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Cog Web - Research tool for exploring the relevance of the study of human cognition to communication and the arts. Features articles, discourse and bibliography. cogweb.ucla.edu |
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Cognitive science & literature & composition - Writings applying cognitive science to the study of literature and composition, includings chapters froma book. Also includes links to other relevant material. www.sp.uconn.edu/~jbl00001/cogsci/index.shtml |
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Dan Sperber - Home page of the French cognitive and social scientist, with biography, bibliography, and texts in English and French. www.dan.sperber.com |
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Evolution and Philosophy - Kent Van Cleave examines the human mind and philosophy in light of evolutionary theories, themes, and processes. Metaethical functionalism is introduced. www.kentvancleave.com/Evolphi/evolphi.htm |
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Precis of origins of the modern mind - The central hypothesis in this paper is that there were three major cognitive transformations by which the modern human mind emerged over several million years: 1) mimetic skill and autocueing, 2) lexical invention, 3) externalization of memory. www.bbsonline.org/documents/a/00/00/05/66/bbs... |
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Psychology, culture, and evolution - Site has three sections: the first is concerned with the evolution of the human capacity to construct signs; the second deals with Cultural-Historical Psychology; the third concerns theories and arguments about the evolution of brain, consciousness, language, and sociality. arts.uwaterloo.ca/~acheyne |
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The Evolution of Ethics: Cybernetic Ethics - "The evolution of ethical systems is described in scientific terms using cybernetics as its logical foundation. A plausible theory of the integration of science and ethics." Online book www.evolutionaryethics.com |
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The International Paleopsychology Project - A multi-disciplinary group of scientists dedicated to mapping out the evolution of complexity, sociality, perception, and mentation from the first 10-32 second of the Big Bang to the present. www.paleopsych.org |
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The Pleistocene and the Origins of Human Culture: - Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd argue that the specific mechanism by which humans mastered the Pleistocene is our capacity to evolve adaptations to the variation of Plio-Pleistocene environments via cultural traditions. www.des.ucdavis.edu/faculty/Richerson/Speed.htm |
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