PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Daniel Dennett, Steven Pinker, Cognitive Architecture
16 Sep 2013
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Philosopher at tuft s university in massachusetts, successful author: books consciousness explained , darwin s dangerous idea , breaking the spell . Immediate parallel with genetic evolution competitive as hell out there architecture) E. g. most people find concept of probability difficult and concept of frequency easy, when questions phrased in probable way, people get a rash, but if phrased as frequencies people get it unlevel playing field. Don t per se enhance reproductive fitness, not modules in the brain that fuel those things likely that all of them are trading on modules that have other jobs/do other things. Men, mostly, display art in order to attract partners. Women are being competed for, they don t need to be artists. In most men, the most artistically productive time in life corresponds to peak reproductive years. Unlikely that any aspect of art is the result of a specific adaptation.
