It's just mind-boggling to think of all the different ways in which they're arranged in a baby's head. And a lot of our evolution consisted not just in getting more of this stuff, but in wiring it in ...

Prologue -- The structure of this book -- Six paradigms -- 1. Introduction -- Some premises -- Some history -- Evolution and modification of behavior -- Evolution of ontogeny in the human animal -- ...

One of the big trends in artificial intelligence in the past year has been the employment of various tricks during inference -- the act of making predictions -- to dramatically improve the accuracy of ...

This essay is the fourth in a series on evolutionary approaches to the mind. They don’t need to be read in order. Part 1: Key Misconceptions Part 2: Levels of Analysis Part 3: Predicting New Findings ...

In my four previous posts, I explored the possibility of transcending our paradoxical psychology. This contribution continues that exploration. Let us delve into the roots of our phenomenology. What ...