From Frontiers in Cognitive Science, Thomas Widlok offers a very information-dense original research article on causal cognition. Causal cognition is based on the premise that “the human cognitive system is built to see causation as governing how events unfold” (Sloman and Lagnado, 2014). In this article, Widlok contends that considerable inter-cultural variability remains when the … Read more
Cool article from the New York Times – an added layer of evidence for the theory that much of our reality is socially and culturally constructed. Can’t Place That Smell? You Must Be American How Culture Shapes Our Senses T. M. Luhrmann SEPT. 5, 2014 Credit Marion FayolleFLORENCE, Italy — WE think of our senses … Read more
It’s Steven Pinker… he’s got things to say, and you already know that whether you agree with his views or not, he’s always interesting to listen to, and he always manages to stimulate you to think about those interesting things yourself, so why not have a listen to a few things he has to say? … Read more