This week we are looking at Peruvian-Amazonian vegetative (plant) medicines. But I should note that these boundaries (e.g., Peruvian)...

Introduction I just finished the first week of a class on psychedelics that I am teaching. I enjoyed it so much that I want to highlight...

1 Intro The purpose of this article is to explain how cultural evolution and cognitive science can inform each other. The specific way...

Chapter 5 Biased Transmission and the Sociobiology Debate The aim of this book is to develop a theory of cultural evolution and how it...

Overview Boyd and Richerson (1985) start with the observation that evolution has only recently made contributions to the social sciences....

Book By Kim Sterelny Book Summary by Haggeo I have a book review forthcoming in the quarterly review of biology. However, that is only...

______________ Key Take Aways To evaluate a theory, you need to be able to compare it to an alternative. This suggests that people can...

Book by Kim Sterelny summary by Haggeo Preface Sterenly distinguishes, following Peter Godfrey-Smith, philosophy of science vs philosophy...

Introduction Stephen Ellis argues that the concept of instrumental rationality fixes more than one standard for prescription, evaluation...

Intro I recently told a family member that some researchers were investigating whether psychedelics can improve mental health. She burst...

Cognitive Gadgets Below is my summary of chapter 1 of Cecilia Heyes' book, Cognitive Gadgets. Stay tuned for my summary of other...

According to social exchange theory, relationships are places of exchange. “The purpose of this exchange is to maximize benefits and...