by Omar Meriwani | Jun 30, 2024 | Evolutionary Psychology, Philosophy, Psychology
The architecture of the human mind is the topic of chapter nine. The lack of a single way to understand the human mind is the first issue that Dennett discusses at the beginning of the chapter. What modules form the human mind? How hard-wired are they? Jerry Fodor...
by Omar Meriwani | Jun 30, 2024 | Evolutionary Psychology, Philosophy, Psychology
“How words do things with us?” is the title of chapter eight. It starts with the idea of how the virtual machines inside us are organised and how they could have a “virtual captain” of the crew, but not elevate the captain to have dictatorial power....
by Omar Meriwani | Jun 30, 2024 | Evolutionary Psychology, Philosophy, Psychology
Dennett begins his discussion of the evolution of consciousness by introducing the Baldwin Effect, which explains the impact of learned behaviour on evolution. This adaptation hastens evolution for an organism, giving it an advantage over hard-wired cousins of the...
by Omar Meriwani | Jun 12, 2024 | Philosophy, Psychology
The first thing that could be said about the book is it is one of the most important books written about moral psychology. Jonathan Haidt is the author; he is a social psychologist and one of the leaders of moral psychology. Haidt presents the idea that he mainly...
by Omar Meriwani | May 11, 2024 | Philosophy, Podcast
https://real-sciences.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Stefano-Bigliardi.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWho is Stefano Bigliardi? This is a new episode of Real Sciences podcast and in this episode we are welcoming professor Stefano Bigliardi. He is a professor...
