内容简介
WINNEROFTHE2004LAKATOSAWARD!ThoughtinaHostileWorldisanexplorationoftheevolutionofcognition,especiallyhumancognition,byoneoftoday′sforemostphilosophersofbiologyandofmind.Featuresanexplorationoftheevolutionofhumancognition.Writtenbyoneoftoday’sforemostphilosophersofmindandlanguage.Presentsasetofanalytictoolsforthinkingaboutcognitionanditsevolution.Offersacritiqueofnativist,modularversionsofevolutionarypsychology,rejectingtheexampleoflanguageasamodelforthinkingabouthumancognitivecapacities.Appliestotheareasofcognitivescience,philosophyofmind,andevolutionarypsychology.
作者简介
KimSterelnyisProfessorofPhilosophyatVictoriaUniversityofWellingtonandattheResearchSchoolofSocialScienceattheAustralianNationalUniversity.HeistheauthorofTheRepresentationalTheoryofMind(Blackwell,1990)andtheco–author,withMichaelDevitt,ofLanguageandReality(secondedition,1999)and,withPaulGriffiths,SexandDeath:AnIntroductiontoPhilosophyofBiology(1999).