Social brain matters : stances on the neurobiology of social cognition / / edited by Oscar Vilarroya and Francesc Forn i Argimon.

• Superior document: Value inquiry book series ; v. 190. Cognitive science
• TeilnehmendeR: Forn i Argimon, Francesc.; Vilarroya, Òscar.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Value inquiry book series ; v. 190.; Value inquiry book series. Cognitive science.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; INTRODUCTION /; LEARNING: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION FROM THE NEUROSCIENCES /; CAN UNSELFISHNESS BE TAUGHT? /; LEARNING IN A BIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE /; WHEN IS ETHICAL LEARNING? /; PERSPECTIVELESS CERTAINTY IN SOCIO-CULTURAL-POLITICAL BELIEFS /; SPARE ME THE COMPLEMENTS: AN IMMODERATE PROPOSAL FOR ELIMINATING THE “WE/THEY” CATEGORY BOUNDARY /; BENUMBING AND MORAL EXALTATION IN DEADLY MARTYRS: A VIEW FROM NEUROSCIENCE /; RELIGION, SUICIDE, TERRORISM, AND THE MORAL FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD /; ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF MORAL INSENSITIVITY /; THE BENUMBING MORAL INDIFFERENCE OF THE WEALTHY: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MOTIVATE THE FULFILLMENT OF A MINIMAL NORM OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE? /; NATURALIST PERSPECTIVES ON MORALITY, LIMITS, AND POSSIBILITIES /; SUICIDE TERRORISTS, NEUROSCIENCE AND MORALITY: TAKING COMPLEXITIES INTO ACCOUNT /; FOUNDATIONS OF MORALITY IN THE INFANT /; CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN HUMAN AFFAIRS /; A COMMENT ON “CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN HUMAN AFFAIRS” BY ARCADI NAVARRO /; CULTURAL NICHE CONSTRUCTION AND HUMAN EVOLUTION /; WHAT DO WE KNOW OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN? /; EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN /; LANGUAGE ORIGINATED IN SOCIAL BRAINS /; THE APE IN THE ANTHILL /; HUMAN COGNITION AND THE RECOGNITION OF HUMANITY /; ABOUT THE AUTHORS --; INDEX --; VIBS.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9401204497; 1435600754
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Oscar Vilarroya and Francesc Forn i Argimon.

This book examines philosophical and scientific implications of Neodarwinism relative to recent empirical data. It develops explanations of social behavior and cognition through analysis of mental capabilities and consideration of ethical issues. It includes debate within cognitive science among explanations of social and moral phenomena from philosophy, evolutionary and cognitive psychology, neurobiology, linguistics, and computer science. The series Cognitive Science provides an original corpus of scholarly work that makes explicit the import of cognitive-science research for philosophical analysis. Topics include the nature, structure, and justification of knowledge, cognitive architectures and development, brain-mind theories, and consciousness.