Darwin's triumph: Explaining the uniqueness of the human mind without a deus ex machina

作者: Derek C. Penn , Keith J. Holyoak , Daniel J. Povinelli

DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X08003798

关键词: Extant taxonEpistemologyPhilosophyUniqueness

摘要: In our target article, we argued that there is a profound functional discontinuity between the cognitive abilities of modern humans and those all other extant species. Unsurprisingly, hypothesis elicited wide range responses from commentators. After responding to commentaries, conclude lies closer Darwin’s views on matter than many contemporaries. R

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