Thought in a Hostile World The Evolution of Human Cognition [Paperback]

Thought in a Hostile World is an exploration of the evolution of cognition, especially human cognition, by one of today's foremost philosophers of biology and of mind.

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• Featuresan exploration of the evolution of human cognition.
  
• Written by one of today’s foremost philosophers of mind and language.
  
• Presents a set of analytic tools for thinking about cognition and its evolution.
  
• Offers a critique of nativist, modular versions of evolutionary psychology, rejecting the example of language as a model for thinking about human cognitive capacities.
  
• Applies to the areas of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and evolutionary psychology.

Part I: Assembling Intentionality:.

1. Evolutionary Naturalism:.

Two Projects Of Evolutionary Naturalism.

The Simple Co-Ordination Thesis.

2. Detection Systems:.

The Environmental Complexity Hypothesis.

Detection Systems.

The Power Of Detection Systems.

Transparent And Translucent Worlds.

Robust Tracking Systems.

3. Fuels For Success:.

Decoupled Representation.

Response Breadth.

Fuels For Success: Space.

Fuels For Success: Intervention In The Material World.

Reprise.

4. Fuels For Success: The Social Intelligence Hypothesis:.

The Cognitl“M