Modularity of the mind
3 important questions on Modularity of the mind
How do we know that modularity exists? (three ways)
How do we know about modularity? We don’t really, but there are indications:
- It is how we design computers to run
- Children seem to learn specific things very easy, e.g. language
- Phineas Gage: pathologies reveal modularities. He lost a specific part of the brain, and what is the consequence? Some modules of the brain works fine, while others do not: others have been removed.
What is Folk biology?
Folk biology:
- That each species have an essense that makes it be exactly what it is and produces its functions, e.g. that a lion has teeth and can kill you.
- GMOs: that is why we don’t like GMOs because we feel like it fucks with the essence
- It is a way of grouping
- That each species have an essense that makes it be exactly what it is and produces its functions, e.g. that a lion has teeth and can kill you.
- GMOs: that is why we don’t like GMOs because we feel like it fucks with the essence
- It is a way of grouping
What are Kahnemanns two systems?
o System 1: automatic and not rational (bias and cognitive shortcuts)
o System 2: deliberative
o System 2: deliberative
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