Editors:
- It is the first time that a book on Evolutionary Epistemology focuses so strongly on alternative theories of the Modern Synthesis
- It is also the first time that a book on Evolutionary Epistemology focuses mainly on language and culture
- Incorporates artificial intelligence as well
Part of the book series: Theory and Decision Library A: (TDLA, volume 39)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction to evolutionary epistemology, language and culture
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Evolutionary epistemology
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Evolutionary epistemology and language
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Evolutionary epistemology and culture
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About this book
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.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"The audience targeted by this book includes scholars working in fields as diverse as evolutionary epistemology, philosophy of science, evolutionary anthropology, evolutionary linguistics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. The book is the collection of essays on evolutionary epistemology … . highlight of the book is the many papers dedicated to computer modeling and simulation. … Overall, this is an interesting collection of papers that addresses an interesting topic. Researchers working around the theory of EE will find the book most beneficial." (Jason Brown, The Linguist List, February, 2008)
Editors and Affiliations
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Nathalie Gontier, Jean Paul Bendegem, Diederik Aerts
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Evolutionary Epistemology, Language and Culture
Book Subtitle: A Non-Adaptationist, Systems Theoretical Approach
Editors: Nathalie Gontier, Jean Paul Bendegem, Diederik Aerts
Series Title: Theory and Decision Library A:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3395-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-3394-0Published: 24 April 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6852-1Published: 30 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-3395-7Published: 25 July 2006
Series ISSN: 0921-3384
Series E-ISSN: 2352-2119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 494
Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy, general, Philosophy of Science, Evolutionary Biology, Linguistics, general, Anthropology