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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- INTRODUCTION / Francesc Forn i Argimon -- LEARNING: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION FROM THE NEUROSCIENCES / Núria Sebastián Gallés -- CAN UNSELFISHNESS BE TAUGHT? / Daniel C. Dennett -- LEARNING IN A BIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE / Katherine Nelson -- WHEN IS ETHICAL LEARNING? / Eric Bredo -- PERSPECTIVELESS CERTAINTY IN SOCIO-CULTURAL-POLITICAL BELIEFS / Emily A. Parker and Lawrence W. Barsalou -- SPARE ME THE COMPLEMENTS: AN IMMODERATE PROPOSAL FOR ELIMINATING THE “WE/THEY” CATEGORY BOUNDARY / Stevan Harnad -- BENUMBING AND MORAL EXALTATION IN DEADLY MARTYRS: A VIEW FROM NEUROSCIENCE / Adolf Tobeña -- RELIGION, SUICIDE, TERRORISM, AND THE MORAL FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD / Scott Atran -- ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF MORAL INSENSITIVITY / Shaun Nichols -- THE BENUMBING MORAL INDIFFERENCE OF THE WEALTHY: WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO MOTIVATE THE FULFILLMENT OF A MINIMAL NORM OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE? / William A. Rottschaefer -- NATURALIST PERSPECTIVES ON MORALITY, LIMITS, AND POSSIBILITIES / Félix Ovejero -- SUICIDE TERRORISTS, NEUROSCIENCE AND MORALITY: TAKING COMPLEXITIES INTO ACCOUNT / Antoni Gomila -- FOUNDATIONS OF MORALITY IN THE INFANT / David Premack -- CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN HUMAN AFFAIRS / Arcadi Navarro -- A COMMENT ON “CONFLICT AND COOPERATION IN HUMAN AFFAIRS” BY ARCADI NAVARRO / Sandro Nannini -- CULTURAL NICHE CONSTRUCTION AND HUMAN EVOLUTION / F. John Odling-Smee -- WHAT DO WE KNOW OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN? / Camilo José Cela Conde , Miguel Ángel Capó , Marcos Nadal and Carlos Ramos -- EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF THE SOCIAL BRAIN / Merlin Donald -- LANGUAGE ORIGINATED IN SOCIAL BRAINS / Luc Steels -- THE APE IN THE ANTHILL / Derek Bickerton -- HUMAN COGNITION AND THE RECOGNITION OF HUMANITY / Robert Ginsberg -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- INDEX -- VIBS.