SCOPE AND LIMITS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF MIND

Authors

  • Cleverson leite Bastos Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v15i2.8679

Keywords:

mind, modularity, ornamental, metaphor, heuristic.

Abstract

Our intent with this article, given its space limitations, is converging two contemporary models of mind domain. Both are fundamental heuristic tools, being the first, the modular theory of mind, which enables us to understand important aspects of human cognition such as language, memory, learning (cognitive sciences). The second, the ornamental mind theory, explains certain apparent wasteful behaviors. The fundamental presuppositions of both metaphors are distinct: whilst the modular model is a product of cognitive sciences, the ornamental model is the yield of the sexual selection principle. Basically, as heuristic tools, the modular theory demonstrates the mind as a computation, as a product of selection (natural selection) which processes information; on its turn, the ornamental mind theory proposes an awkward idea, which Amotz Zahavi called the handicap principle (sexual selection).

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Author Biography

Cleverson leite Bastos, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

Possui graduação em Filosofia pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (1980), mestrado em Lógica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1990), doutorado em Comunicação e Semiótica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1997) e estágio de pós-doutorado em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (2006). Atualmente é professor adjunto da Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná e professor - Seminário Vicentino Nossa Senhora das Graças - PP. Tem experiência na área de Filosofia, com ênfase em Epistemologia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: valor, semiótica,  epistemologia e ciências cognitivas.

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Published

2010-11-26

How to Cite

BASTOS, Cleverson leite. SCOPE AND LIMITS OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF MIND. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 15, n. 2, p. 29–55, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v15i2.8679. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/8679. Acesso em: 14 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 2 (2010): Varied subjects

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Artigos Originais

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