R Boyd
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 993 |
|---|---|
| NOME | R Boyd |
| PRENOMES | R |
| SOBRENOME | Boyd |
| ASSINATURA | BOYD R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2657-8022 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 51 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1975 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
What Sort of Mind/Brain Is Compatible with Cultural Adaptation
Cultural evolution is substantially driven by agentic forces and rather less by the random variation and natural selection that dominate the evolution of genes. Reinforcement based decisions (attractors) keep cultural evolution tolerably on track of genetic fitness. Reinforcement can come from a variety of proximate mechanisms ranging from rather general-purpose appetites and emotions to highly specific cognitive features. Cognitive features must…
Arbitration supports reciprocity when there are frequent perception errors
Hunter-Gatherer Inter-Band Interaction Rates: Implications for Cumulative Culture
Our species exhibits spectacular success due to cumulative culture. While cognitive evolution of social learning mechanisms may be partially responsible for adaptive human culture, features of early human social structure may also play a role by increasing the number potential models from which to learn innovations. We present interview data on interactions between same-sex adult dyads of Ache and Hadza hunter-gatherers living in multiple distinc…
On Modeling Cognition and Culture: Why cultural evolution does not require replication of representations
Formal models of cultural evolution analyze how cognitive processes combine with social interaction to generate the distributions and dynamics of 'representations.' Recently, cognitive anthropologists have criticized such models. They make three points: mental representations are non-discrete, cultural transmission is highly inaccurate, and mental representations are not replicated, but rather are 'reconstructed' through an inferential process th…
Scarcity and Growth Revisited
The analysis presented in this paper is concerned with the effect of resource scarcity on economic growth. After the notion of scarcity is defined and two measures of scarcity are introduced-unit cost and relative resource price-changes in the trend in resource scarcity for lead, zinc, nickel, aluminium, silver, iron, and copper in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s are investigated. Only for silver and iron is there any indication that such a change ha…
The Cost of Improving the Quality of the Environment
The analysis in this paper is directed at comparing the relative effectiveness of two different methods of meeting the Bush Administration's goals outlined in the Clean Air Plan. The analytical vehicle used in the analysis consists of a computable general equilibrium model composed of twelve producing sectors, thirteen consuming sectors, six household categories classified by income, a foreign sector, and a government. First, it is found that irr…
The Legacy of Introduced Disease: The Southern Coast Salish
The purpose of this paper is to develop more fully for the Southern Coast Salish the recently published chronology that describes and analyzes the effects of European-introduced diseases and illnesses on the aboriginal populations of the Northwest Coast. A brief description of aboriginal population estimates and social structure is followed by a discussion of the nature of indigenous diseases and illnesses; last we present an analysis of the impa…
Seasonal population movement along the lower Columbia river: The Social and Ecological Context
Comparison of two versions of Lewis and Clark's "Estimate of the Western Indians" indicates substantial seasonal variation in lower Columbia river populations. Estimates made in fall assumedly represent resident winter Chinookan populations; higher estimates made the following spring suggest seasonal migration of non-riverine people to riverbank fisheries. The Wappato Valley, with comparatively abundant early spring resources, averaged 244 percen…
Another Look at the "Fever and Ague" of Western Oregon
There has been some question about the identity of the illness variously called and or intermittent which appeared among the Indians of the lower Columbia and Willamette Valleys in the early 1830's. After a review of available evidence, this paper concludes that the disease was malaria and attempts a reconstruction of the events surrounding its appearance. Identification of fever and ague as malaria facilitates the formation of certain hypotheses…
On Modeling Cognition and Culture: Why cultural evolution does not require replication of representations
Formal models of cultural evolution analyze how cognitive processes combine with social interaction to generate the distributions and dynamics of 'representations.' Recently, cognitive anthropologists have criticized such models. They make three points: mental representations are non-discrete, cultural transmission is highly inaccurate, and mental representations are not replicated, but rather are 'reconstructed' through an inferential process th…
Seasonal population movement along the lower Columbia river: The Social and Ecological Context
Comparison of two versions of Lewis and Clark's "Estimate of the Western Indians" indicates substantial seasonal variation in lower Columbia river populations. Estimates made in fall assumedly represent resident winter Chinookan populations; higher estimates made the following spring suggest seasonal migration of non-riverine people to riverbank fisheries. The Wappato Valley, with comparatively abundant early spring resources, averaged 244 percen…
Another Look at the "Fever and Ague" of Western Oregon
There has been some question about the identity of the illness variously called and or intermittent which appeared among the Indians of the lower Columbia and Willamette Valleys in the early 1830's. After a review of available evidence, this paper concludes that the disease was malaria and attempts a reconstruction of the events surrounding its appearance. Identification of fever and ague as malaria facilitates the formation of certain hypotheses…
The Legacy of Introduced Disease: The Southern Coast Salish
The purpose of this paper is to develop more fully for the Southern Coast Salish the recently published chronology that describes and analyzes the effects of European-introduced diseases and illnesses on the aboriginal populations of the Northwest Coast. A brief description of aboriginal population estimates and social structure is followed by a discussion of the nature of indigenous diseases and illnesses; last we present an analysis of the impa…
Arbitration supports reciprocity when there are frequent perception errors
The Cost of Improving the Quality of the Environment
The analysis in this paper is directed at comparing the relative effectiveness of two different methods of meeting the Bush Administration's goals outlined in the Clean Air Plan. The analytical vehicle used in the analysis consists of a computable general equilibrium model composed of twelve producing sectors, thirteen consuming sectors, six household categories classified by income, a foreign sector, and a government. First, it is found that irr…
Another Look at the "Fever and Ague" of Western Oregon
There has been some question about the identity of the illness variously called and or intermittent which appeared among the Indians of the lower Columbia and Willamette Valleys in the early 1830's. After a review of available evidence, this paper concludes that the disease was malaria and attempts a reconstruction of the events surrounding its appearance. Identification of fever and ague as malaria facilitates the formation of certain hypotheses…
Seasonal population movement along the lower Columbia river: The Social and Ecological Context
Comparison of two versions of Lewis and Clark's "Estimate of the Western Indians" indicates substantial seasonal variation in lower Columbia river populations. Estimates made in fall assumedly represent resident winter Chinookan populations; higher estimates made the following spring suggest seasonal migration of non-riverine people to riverbank fisheries. The Wappato Valley, with comparatively abundant early spring resources, averaged 244 percen…
The Cost of Improving the Quality of the Environment
The analysis in this paper is directed at comparing the relative effectiveness of two different methods of meeting the Bush Administration's goals outlined in the Clean Air Plan. The analytical vehicle used in the analysis consists of a computable general equilibrium model composed of twelve producing sectors, thirteen consuming sectors, six household categories classified by income, a foreign sector, and a government. First, it is found that irr…
The Legacy of Introduced Disease: The Southern Coast Salish
The purpose of this paper is to develop more fully for the Southern Coast Salish the recently published chronology that describes and analyzes the effects of European-introduced diseases and illnesses on the aboriginal populations of the Northwest Coast. A brief description of aboriginal population estimates and social structure is followed by a discussion of the nature of indigenous diseases and illnesses; last we present an analysis of the impa…
Scarcity and Growth Revisited
The analysis presented in this paper is concerned with the effect of resource scarcity on economic growth. After the notion of scarcity is defined and two measures of scarcity are introduced-unit cost and relative resource price-changes in the trend in resource scarcity for lead, zinc, nickel, aluminium, silver, iron, and copper in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s are investigated. Only for silver and iron is there any indication that such a change ha…
On Modeling Cognition and Culture: Why cultural evolution does not require replication of representations
Formal models of cultural evolution analyze how cognitive processes combine with social interaction to generate the distributions and dynamics of 'representations.' Recently, cognitive anthropologists have criticized such models. They make three points: mental representations are non-discrete, cultural transmission is highly inaccurate, and mental representations are not replicated, but rather are 'reconstructed' through an inferential process th…
Hunter-Gatherer Inter-Band Interaction Rates: Implications for Cumulative Culture
Our species exhibits spectacular success due to cumulative culture. While cognitive evolution of social learning mechanisms may be partially responsible for adaptive human culture, features of early human social structure may also play a role by increasing the number potential models from which to learn innovations. We present interview data on interactions between same-sex adult dyads of Ache and Hadza hunter-gatherers living in multiple distinc…
Arbitration supports reciprocity when there are frequent perception errors
What Sort of Mind/Brain Is Compatible with Cultural Adaptation
Cultural evolution is substantially driven by agentic forces and rather less by the random variation and natural selection that dominate the evolution of genes. Reinforcement based decisions (attractors) keep cultural evolution tolerably on track of genetic fitness. Reinforcement can come from a variety of proximate mechanisms ranging from rather general-purpose appetites and emotions to highly specific cognitive features. Cognitive features must…
Geography (4 obras) · Economics (3 obras) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (3 obras) · Language and cultural evolution (3 obras) · Microeconomics (3 obras) · Psychology (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Archaeology and Natural History (2 obras) · Biology (2 obras) · Cognition (2 obras)