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Análisis filosófico

versão On-line ISSN 1851-9636

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VICIANA, Hugo  e  DUMITRU, Marius. Modules for all seasons? Domain-specificity, ecological plasticity and culture. Anal. filos. [online]. 2008, vol.28, n.1, pp.49-75. ISSN 1851-9636.

A theoretical divide exists on the study of the adapted psychological mechanisms underlying human culture. It has been said for instance that we evolved a brain for all seasons (William Calvin) and that this is opposed to the framework of the modularity of mind (Kim Sterelny or David Buller, inter alia). We approach the nature of these explanatory differences based on what we judge to be a misunderstanding with respect to the evolution of domain-specific modules. We underline the fact that the input-domain of a module and its ecological function should not be conflated. We propose a more generous way of considering how evolutionary functions in mental architecture account for the possibility of general adaptations for cultural cognition. We show that modularity happens to be a good tool to research and decompose mechanisms with plastic functions such as in some forms of social learning. The idea of "modules for all seasons" is so vindicated.

Palavras-chave : Modularity; Ecological plasticity; Domain-specificity; Culture; Mental architecture.

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