Benoît Dubreuil
Biographic Data
| ID | 132119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benoît Dubreuil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benoît |
| FAMILY NAME | Dubreuil |
| SIGNATURE | DUBREUIL B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 118 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Qu'est-ce que coopérer
Pourquoi la coopération ne fonctionne pas toujours
Les inégalités, l'exploitation et la corruption semblent être le lot des sociétés humaines. Certaines en souffrent davantage, mais aucune n'en est véritablement épargnée. Si la présence d'une certaine part d'injustice peut nous sembler inévitable, elle est au moins surprenante à un point de vue. Au cours des dernières années, les sciences cognitives ont en effet montré que les humains étaient spontanément portés à la coopération et que celle-ci d…
Style, Symbolism, and Complex Technology
Chapter 10. The other middle-range theories
Archaeologists have long been aware of the need to make explicit the middle-range theories that they use to bridge the gap between raw archaeological evidence and human behaviour. In this paper, I discuss the difficulties in proposing such theories when dealing with long-extinct hominin populations, among which significant biological differences may have existed. I emphasize how far we remain from a general theory that would link genetic, neural,…
Moraliser les conventions
De nombreux philosophes et psychologues considèrent que les normes morales et les conventions sont des règles de nature différente : alors que nous sommes obligés de respecter les normes morales pour elles-mêmes, notre respect des conventions dépend de notre attitude par rapport à un contexte social particulier. Je conteste cette distinction entre normes morales et conventions. Je soutiens que les conventions dépendent du contexte social parce qu…
The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort, 77-59 ka
Variations in the material culture in Africa in the Late Pleistocene indicate that it was a period of rapid cultural change not previously observed in the Middle Stone Age. In southern Africa, two techno-traditions, the Still Bay and the Howiesons Poort, have raised interest because of their relatively early cultural complexity. What might have driven the development of the innovative practices and ideas between ca. 77,000 and 59,000 years ago? E…
Human Evolution and the Origins of Hierarchies
In this book, Benoît Dubreuil explores the creation and destruction of hierarchies in human evolution. Combining the methods of archaeology, anthropology, cognitive neuroscience and primatology, he offers a natural history of hierarchies from the point of view of both cultural and biological evolution. This volume explains why dominance hierarchies typical of primate societies disappeared in the human lineage and why the emergence of large-scale …
Réconcilier le formel et le causal
La théorie du choix rationnel (TCR), dans son interprétation standard, ne se présente pas comme une théorie causale, mais bien normative. L’économie expérimentale, en remplaçant les hypothèses sous-jacentes à l’interprétation standard de la TCR par des hypothèses plus réalistes – une fonction d’utilité qui inclut des préférences sociales, par exemple – a permis d’améliorer la prédictivité de la TCR. En revanche, elle n’est pas parvenu à surmonter…
Strong Reciprocity and the Emergence of Large-Scale Societies
The paper defends the idea that strong reciprocity, although it accounts for the existence of deep cooperation among humans, has difficulty explaining why humans lived for most of their history in band-size groups and why the emergence of larger societies was accompanied by increased social differentiation and political centralization. The paper argues that the costs of incurring an altruistic punishment rise in large groups and that the emergenc…
Moral Minds
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État d’exception, Homo sacer de Giorgio Agamben, Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 2003, 153 p
The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort, 77-59 ka
Variations in the material culture in Africa in the Late Pleistocene indicate that it was a period of rapid cultural change not previously observed in the Middle Stone Age. In southern Africa, two techno-traditions, the Still Bay and the Howiesons Poort, have raised interest because of their relatively early cultural complexity. What might have driven the development of the innovative practices and ideas between ca. 77,000 and 59,000 years ago? E…
Strong Reciprocity and the Emergence of Large-Scale Societies
The paper defends the idea that strong reciprocity, although it accounts for the existence of deep cooperation among humans, has difficulty explaining why humans lived for most of their history in band-size groups and why the emergence of larger societies was accompanied by increased social differentiation and political centralization. The paper argues that the costs of incurring an altruistic punishment rise in large groups and that the emergenc…
Qu'est-ce que coopérer
Style, Symbolism, and Complex Technology
État d’exception, Homo sacer de Giorgio Agamben, Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 2003, 153 p
Strong Reciprocity and the Emergence of Large-Scale Societies
The paper defends the idea that strong reciprocity, although it accounts for the existence of deep cooperation among humans, has difficulty explaining why humans lived for most of their history in band-size groups and why the emergence of larger societies was accompanied by increased social differentiation and political centralization. The paper argues that the costs of incurring an altruistic punishment rise in large groups and that the emergenc…
Moral Minds
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Réconcilier le formel et le causal
La théorie du choix rationnel (TCR), dans son interprétation standard, ne se présente pas comme une théorie causale, mais bien normative. L’économie expérimentale, en remplaçant les hypothèses sous-jacentes à l’interprétation standard de la TCR par des hypothèses plus réalistes – une fonction d’utilité qui inclut des préférences sociales, par exemple – a permis d’améliorer la prédictivité de la TCR. En revanche, elle n’est pas parvenu à surmonter…
Human Evolution and the Origins of Hierarchies
In this book, Benoît Dubreuil explores the creation and destruction of hierarchies in human evolution. Combining the methods of archaeology, anthropology, cognitive neuroscience and primatology, he offers a natural history of hierarchies from the point of view of both cultural and biological evolution. This volume explains why dominance hierarchies typical of primate societies disappeared in the human lineage and why the emergence of large-scale …
Chapter 10. The other middle-range theories
Archaeologists have long been aware of the need to make explicit the middle-range theories that they use to bridge the gap between raw archaeological evidence and human behaviour. In this paper, I discuss the difficulties in proposing such theories when dealing with long-extinct hominin populations, among which significant biological differences may have existed. I emphasize how far we remain from a general theory that would link genetic, neural,…
Moraliser les conventions
De nombreux philosophes et psychologues considèrent que les normes morales et les conventions sont des règles de nature différente : alors que nous sommes obligés de respecter les normes morales pour elles-mêmes, notre respect des conventions dépend de notre attitude par rapport à un contexte social particulier. Je conteste cette distinction entre normes morales et conventions. Je soutiens que les conventions dépendent du contexte social parce qu…
The Still Bay and Howiesons Poort, 77-59 ka
Variations in the material culture in Africa in the Late Pleistocene indicate that it was a period of rapid cultural change not previously observed in the Middle Stone Age. In southern Africa, two techno-traditions, the Still Bay and the Howiesons Poort, have raised interest because of their relatively early cultural complexity. What might have driven the development of the innovative practices and ideas between ca. 77,000 and 59,000 years ago? E…
Pourquoi la coopération ne fonctionne pas toujours
Les inégalités, l'exploitation et la corruption semblent être le lot des sociétés humaines. Certaines en souffrent davantage, mais aucune n'en est véritablement épargnée. Si la présence d'une certaine part d'injustice peut nous sembler inévitable, elle est au moins surprenante à un point de vue. Au cours des dernières années, les sciences cognitives ont en effet montré que les humains étaient spontanément portés à la coopération et que celle-ci d…
Style, Symbolism, and Complex Technology
Qu'est-ce que coopérer
Humanities (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (3 works) · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works)