Interview with Kevin Mitchell on Agency and Evolution
Decoding the Gurus
Evolutionary Perspectives on Behavior and Cognition
The chapter delves into the evolutionary approach towards understanding intelligence, cognition, and agency, exploring how these traits emerged in nature and how modern lifestyles present challenges. It critiques simplistic evolutionary hypotheses, emphasizing the importance of avoiding deriving moral imperatives from evolutionary observations. The discussion also touches on interpreting heritability in behavioral genetics, cautioning against oversimplification and the misinterpretation of genetic influences across different populations.
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