{"id":7303,"date":"2024-02-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=7303"},"modified":"2024-01-05T20:34:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T20:34:44","slug":"looking-at-michael-tomasellos-book-2014-a-natural-history-of-human-thinking-part-11-of-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=7303","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Michael Tomasello&#8217;s Book (2014) &#8220;A Natural History of Human Thinking&#8221; (Part 11 of 22)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0271 Now, I play a game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I imagine&nbsp;<em>the intersection for human evolution<\/em>&nbsp;entering into&nbsp;<em>my slot for species impressa<sub>2a<\/sub>.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;I ask myself, &#8220;What is<em>&nbsp;a sensible interpretation of the phenotype and adaptation&nbsp;<\/em>for each&nbsp;<em>era of intentionality?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapter two considers&nbsp;<em>the era of individual intentionality<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Here is a picture of the&nbsp;<em>species impressa<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide32.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide32.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide32.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide32-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0272 What is the phenotype<sub>2V<\/sub>&nbsp;and the adaptation<sub>2H<\/sub>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>the era of individual intentionality,<\/em>&nbsp;ranging between the last common ancestor (LCA)<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;and the beginning of bipedalism, covering from 7 to around 3.5Myr?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is my perception<sub>2b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide33.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide33.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide33.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide33-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0273 &#8220;Relevance&#8221; is&nbsp;<em>a key characteristic of the specifying sign<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Relevance includes&nbsp;<em>the potential of approaching (opportunity), evading (danger) or safely ignoring<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Relevance is built into the potential underlying the question, &#8220;What does this mean to me?&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;Obviously,&nbsp;<em>the intentions of others in the band<\/em>&nbsp;are relevant.&nbsp;&nbsp;So is&nbsp;<em>the fact that I may see food or a danger that someone else does not<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Whatever I do, I should not provide clues to that fact, unless it suits me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Little do I realize that cognitive psychologists have set up the entire scenario and are videotaping my every move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The specifying sign-vehicle<\/em>&nbsp;includes both natural events and signals from other members of the band.&nbsp;&nbsp;The most important signals come from family (feed and protect my youngsters) and intimates (please groom me to remove bugs or at least, let me groom you).&nbsp;&nbsp;I suspect these voluntary actions are the occasions of interventional signs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The sign-vehicle of the interventional sign that may be classified as a judgment<\/em>&nbsp;(in the common sense of the term, in our current civilization), concerns&nbsp;<em>occasions when one great ape must intervene in an open conflict between two other great apes<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Some evolutionary anthropologists call these judgments, &#8220;Machiavellian&#8221;, and, in doing so, introduce unnecessary implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exemplar sign, even though it exists in the diagram, is not as adaptive as it will be in subsequent evolutionary eras.&nbsp;&nbsp;The reason?&nbsp;&nbsp;Once bipedalism arises, as&nbsp;<em>an adaptation to an ecology of mixed forest and savannah,<\/em>&nbsp;the incentive structures change.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Collaborative foraging<\/em>&nbsp;becomes advantageous.&nbsp;&nbsp;Later,&nbsp;<em>collaborative foraging<\/em>&nbsp;becomes obligate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0271 Now, I play a game. 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