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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Wuketits, Franz M
• Antweiler, Christoph

Titel

Handbook of evolution : the evolution of human societies and cultures [electronic resource]. Volume 1

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• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

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• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Handbook of Evolution; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; 1 The Human Adaptation for Culture; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Primate and Human Cognition; 1.3 The Ontogeny of Human Cultural Learning; 1.3.1 Joint Attention; 1.3.2 Imitative Learning; 1.3.3 Linguistic Symbols and Cognitive Representation; 1.4 Nonhuman Primate Culture; 1.4.1 Japanese Macaque Potato Washing; 1.4.2 Chimpanzee Tool Use; 1.4.3 Chimpanzee Gestural Communication; 1.4.4 Nonhuman Primate Social Learning and Social Cognition; 1.4.5 Enculturated Apes; 1.5 Conclusions; 1.6 References; 2 Cognitive Evolution; 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 The Equivalence Postulate2.3 Our Inborn World View; 2.3.1 Induction; 2.3.2 Reality; 2.3.3 The Conservation of Identity; 2.3.4 The 3D Structure of Visual Perception; 2.4 The Cognitive Operator Theory; 2.5 The Operational Definitions of Space, Time, and Causality; 2.5.1 Space; 2.5.2 The Arrow of Time; 2.5.3 Causality; 2.6 Induction and the Compressibility of Observational and Theoretical Terms; 2.7 Communication, Meaning, and the Compressibility of Semantic Terms; 2.8 Extensions; 2.8.1 Physical Extensions of Perceptions and the Notion of Reality
• 2.8.2 Algorithmic Extensions of Mathematical Thinking2.9 Action, Perception, and the Role of 'Cyclic Variables' in Cognitive Evolution; 2.10 Adaptation and Assimilation vs. Action and Perception; 2.11 Epistemological Autoreproduction; 2.12 Is Cultural/Scientific Evolution Really Lamarckian?; 2.13 Physical and Social Problem-Solving in Cognitive Evolution; 2.14 Summary; 2.15 References; 3 Evolution, Language, and the Construction of Culture; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Identification through Language and its Impact on Culture Processes
• 3.3 Variation and Variability: The Organizational Principle Par Excellence in Processes of Evolution3.4 Variation 1: Language and the Evolution of Communicational Skills; 3.5 Variation 2: Language and the Evolution of Linguistic Structures; 3.6 Variation 3: Language and the Evolution of Functional Variety; 3.7 Variation 4: Languages and their Genetic Affiliations; 3.8 Variation 5: Language Evolution and Linguistic Diversity; 3.9 Variation 6: Globalization and the Future of Language Evolution; 3.10 References; 4 Social Evolution; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Typologies of Societies
• 4.3 Cultural Institutions in Social Evolution4.4 Causes of Social Evolution; 4.5 References; 5 Evolution of Morality; 5.1 Explaining Moral Behavior; 5.2 Deep Capacities; 5.3 Sociobiological Models of Altruism; 5.4 Kin Selection: Genetic Altruism and Moral Altruism; 5.5 An Evolutionary Model of Moral Behavior - Interpretation; 5.6 Early Moral Behavior; 5.7 Gene-Culture Coevolution; 5.8 Group Selection Reborn; 5.9 References; 6 The Evolution of Politics; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Defining Politics; 6.2.1 The Idealist Model; 6.2.2 The Realist Model; 6.2.3 The Ethological Model
• 6.2.4 The Cybernetic Model
• This two-volume handbook is unique in spanning the entire field of evolution, from the origins of life up to the formation of social structures and science and technology. The author team of world-renowned experts considers the subject from a variety of disciplines, with continuous cross-referencing so as to retain a logical internal structure. The uniformly structured contributions discuss not merely the general knowledge behind the evolution of life, but also the corresponding development of language, society, economies, morality and politics. The result is an overview of the history and me
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