2006
DOI: 10.1080/10826080601025391
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The Evolution of Cognition

Abstract: With cultural evolution, new processes of thought appear. Abstraction is universal, but rationalization first appeared in ancient Greece, theorization in Renaissance Italy, and model building in twentieth-century Europe. These processes employ the methods of metaphor, metalingual definition, algorithm, and control, respectively. The intellectual and practical achievements of populations guided by the several processes and exploiting the different mechanisms differ so greatly as to warrant separation into cultu… Show more

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“…According to the author, after we are born our personal experiences act on those connection patterns. From here, earlier phases overlap in the mind being recalled when needed (Benzon & Hays, 2006;Gombrich, 2000, p.87), "the greater the biological relevance an object has to us, the more will we be attuned to its recognition" (Gombrich, 2000, p.51).…”
Section: Essmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…According to the author, after we are born our personal experiences act on those connection patterns. From here, earlier phases overlap in the mind being recalled when needed (Benzon & Hays, 2006;Gombrich, 2000, p.87), "the greater the biological relevance an object has to us, the more will we be attuned to its recognition" (Gombrich, 2000, p.51).…”
Section: Essmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Hos naturfolk er musikk som regel en gruppeaktivitet, og andre teoretikere har foreslått at musikkens evne til å skape samhørighet kan ha vaert avgjørende for musikkens evolusjon. Benzon har kommet med den drastiske formuleringen at musikken ble utviklet som «en metode for å kople sammen hjernene», altså en teknikk for å øke samholdet og samarbeidet mellom mennesker (31).…”
Section: Sambandet Mellom Musikk Og Helse Har Lange Røtterunclassified
“…The indexical is not used to indicate an object but the little story that has just been told. Thus categories at this degree of abstraction can be defined in a quasi-ostensive way (see Benzon and Hays 1990). But normally the matching of situation model with nominal will occur in a less explicit experiential way.…”
Section: Abstraction Bmentioning
confidence: 99%