3:06 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The cognitive niche
Thanks for the interesting paper, you even mention the FRIAM group! Is it
possible to cite it?
I guess it is going to be published in
"Interview with an old new realist. In Eric P. Charle
g, so that others
can see what we see."
But I am not an obsessive twit. Honest!
Nick
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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 3:54 AM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The cognitive niche
Thank
Thank you for sharing the interview, Nick. It was a lot of fun to see the
world from your perspective.
I look forward to your book, Eric!
Nick when you write: "To me the New Realism concedes our right to a point of
view while demanding our obligation to share it. Each of us is obligated to
give c
uot;
http://www.amazon.com/New-Look-Realism-Psychology-Philosophy/dp/1412842425
Right ?
-J.
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To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group'
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 6:36 AM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The cognitive niche
PS
That is true :-)
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From: Nicholas Thompson
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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The cognitive niche
[..] I am not terribly interested in the question of how and why humans a
: Re: [FRIAM] The cognitive niche
Jochen,
I'm not Nick, but we usually think pretty similarly about these issues, so I
will attempt a short answer:
The most obvious problem with Humphrey's hypothesis is that lots of things that
are not humans are conscious.
The problems wit
Jochen,
I'm not Nick, but we usually think pretty similarly about these issues, so I
will attempt a short answer:
The most obvious problem with Humphrey's hypothesis is that lots of things that
are not humans are conscious.
The problems with Pinker's hypothesis are much more awkward to explain. O
Nick,
you are an expert in evolutionary psychology.
Do you agree with Humphrey's hypotheses that
human consciousness is an adaptation to living
in a society of selves and Pinker's similar idea
that language is an adaptation to the cognitive
niche? see http://bit.ly/dOeRLZ
-J.
