Evolutionary Epistemology, Language and Culture A Non-Adaptationist,
For the first time in history, scholars working on language and culture from within an evolutionary epistemological framework, and thereby emphasizing complementary or deviating theories of the Modern Synthesis, were brought together. Of course there have
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THEORY AND DECISION LIBRARY General Editor: Julian Nida-R¨umelin (Munich) Series A: Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences Series B: Mathematical and Statistical Methods Series C: Game Theory, Mathematical Programming and Operations Research SERIES A: PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES VOLUME 39
Assistant Editor: Thomas Schmidt (G¨ottingen) Editorial Board: Raymond Boudon (Paris), Mario Bunge (Montr´eal), Isaac Levi (New York), Richard V. Mattessich (Vancouver), Bertrand Munier (Cachan), Amartya K. Sen (Cambridge), Brian Skyrms (Irvine), Wolfgang Spohn (Konstanz) Scope: This series deals with the foundations, the general methodology and the criteria, goals and purpose of the social sciences. The emphasis in the Series A will be on well-argued, thoroughly analytical rather than advanced mathematical treatments. In this context, particular attention will be paid to game and decision theory and general philosophical topics from mathematics, psychology and economics, such as game theory, voting and welfare theory, with applications to political science, sociology, law and ethics.
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
EVOLUTIONARY EPISTEMOLOGY, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE A Non-Adaptationist, Systems Theoretical Approach edited by
NATHALIE GONTIER Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Research Assistant of the Research Foundation Flanders
JEAN PAUL VAN BENDEGEM Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium and
DIEDERIK AERTS Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Table of contents Preface by the editors Acknowledgements
ix xix
Introduction to evolutionary epistemology, language and culture Nathalie Gontier
1
PART 1. Evolutionary epistemology Evolutionary epistemology: The non-adaptationist approach Franz M. Wuketits
33
Like cats and dogs: Radical constructivism and evolutionary epistemology Alexander Riegler
47
The biological boundary conditions for our classical physical world view Olaf Diettrich
67
Is the real world something more than the world of our experience? Relations between Neo-Darwinism, transcendental philosophy and cognitive sci
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