PSYC 208 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Mentalization, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Hans Moravec
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October 24th: review session from 2pm 6pm @ kenny 1910. All pathology has a genetic basis, pathology decreases fitness. Medicine & social sciences focus on proximate explanations of disease: e. g. psychiatrists, focuses on proximate explanations how does (ignores ultimate explanation) In medicine, there is no room for evolutionary biology to be added. Teleology: error of explaining in terms of purpose or goal: what is the function of the sun: explaining the past from the future is an error (teleology) Saying that the sun"s purpose is composed of sunsets, photosynthesis, light, heat, gravity suffers from teleology. The sun was created before the earth; it could not have predicted that there would be life, so it"s purpose is not any of the above: explaining the future from the past is not an error (evolution) Infections: defenses, diseases of civilization, genetic quirks, design compromises, evolutionary legacies. Bacteria and viruses: pathogen-host coevolution: never-ending evolutionary war.
