The place of evolved cognition in scientific thinking

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ID16909366
AuthorsHugo Mercier (0000-0002-0575-7913, University of Neuchâtel, corresponding author), Christophe Heintz (0000-0003-1504-9096, Central European University)
Year2013
Volume3
Issue2
Pages128-134
Publication date2013-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligion Brain & Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2153-5981 • E-ISSN: 2153-599X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2153599x.2013.767036
OpenAlexW2076859182
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited29

The question of the naturalness of science and religion is aptly specified by McCauley in the following terms: how do the thoughts or cognitive processes that are characteristic of a cultural domain (science and religion in McCauley’s book) relate to evolved cognition? Evolution endowed humans with specific cognitive abilities that increased the fitness of their bearers by solving problems they faced in their evolutionary environment. These evolved abilities process inputs from specific domains and produce inferentially enriched representations at very little cognitive cost

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Naturalness · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Child and Animal Learning Development · Computer Science · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Language and cultural evolution · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology

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