Currie, Adrian and Killin, Anton and Lequin, Mathilde and Meneganzin, Andra and Pain, Ross (2024) Past Materials, Past Minds: The Philosophy of Cognitive Paleoanthropology. [Preprint]

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Abstract

The philosophy of cognitive paleoanthropology involves three related tasks: (1) asking what inferences might be drawn from the paleontological and archaeological records to past cognition, behavior and culture; (2) constructing synthetic accounts of the evolution of distinctive hominin capacities; (3) exploring how results from cognitive paleoanthropology might inform philosophy. We introduce some distinctive cognitive paleoanthropological inferences and discuss their
epistemic standing, before considering how attention to the material records and the practice of paleoanthropology can inform and transform philosophical approaches.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Currie, Adrian Killin, Anton Lequin, Mathilde mathildelequin@gmail.com Meneganzin, Andra 0000-0003-3641-3803 Pain, Ross 0000-0002-5354-6301
Keywords:	Traces, hominin, cognitive evolution, behavioral modernity, underdetermination
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Archaeology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Cultural Evolution
Depositing User:	Dr Ross Pain
Date Deposited:	13 May 2024 17:17
Last Modified:	13 May 2024 17:17
Item ID:	23415
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Archaeology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science Specific Sciences > Cultural Evolution
Date:	2024
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23415

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