{"id":7367,"date":"2024-03-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=7367"},"modified":"2024-01-08T19:48:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T19:48:36","slug":"looking-at-michael-tomasellos-book-2016-a-natural-history-of-human-morality-part-4-of-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=7367","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Michael Tomasello&#8217;s Book (2016) &#8220;A Natural History of Human Morality&#8221; (Part 4 of 22)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0413 Tomasello proposes&nbsp;<em>three interlocking movements<\/em>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>the natural history of human cognition<\/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\/Slide08-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide08-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide08-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide08-4-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, he discusses two steps.&nbsp;&nbsp;First, there is&nbsp;<em>the era of joint intentionality<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Second, there is&nbsp;<em>the era of collective intentionality<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, there is terminological confusion, leading me to number the&nbsp;<em>era of individual intentionality<\/em>&nbsp;as &#8220;zero&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0414&nbsp;<em>My explanation for this incoherent nomenclature<\/em>&nbsp;calls to mind&nbsp;<em>Tomasello&#8217;s vision,<\/em>&nbsp;where&nbsp;<em>the phenotype of human ontogeny<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;occupies the perspective-level actuality and&nbsp;<em>the adaptation of joint and collective attention<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;occupies the content-level actuality.&nbsp;<em>Research into early human cognitive development<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;must somehow connect with&nbsp;<em>research into the cognition of great apes<sub>2a<\/sub>.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tomasello projects&nbsp;<em>the cognitive development of newborns and infants<\/em>&nbsp;backwards, into evolutionary time, towards&nbsp;<em>the last common ancestor<\/em>&nbsp;(LCA), represented by&nbsp;<em>cognitive research into the behaviors of great apes<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, there are three eras and two steps, which does not sound bad, because not much happens in the first era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, there is another issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0415 On top of the incoherent nomenclature, Tomasello frames&nbsp;<em>the era of joint intentionality<\/em>&nbsp;as occurring after the appearance of the&nbsp;<em>Homo genus,<\/em>&nbsp;which occurs 1.8Myr (millions of years ago).&nbsp;&nbsp;He starts&nbsp;<em>the era of collective intentionality<\/em>with the appearance of new species, such as&nbsp;<em>Homo heidelbergensis<\/em>, around 0.5Myr.&nbsp;&nbsp;The first guess is not reasonable.&nbsp;&nbsp;The second is more plausible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How so?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0416 Consider&nbsp;<em>the archeological record for artifacts<\/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\/Slide09-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide09-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide09-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide09-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0417 Two pairs stand out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first is the pair of Oldowan, then Acheulean stone-tool technologies.&nbsp;&nbsp;These archaeological artifacts associate to one team among many.&nbsp;&nbsp;Consequently, they represent&nbsp;<em>the era of joint intentionality<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second pair is<em>&nbsp;intimations of the use of fire,<\/em>&nbsp;and then,&nbsp;<em>the domestication of fire<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;These archaeological artifacts associate to the&nbsp;<em>era of collective intentionality<\/em>, for the obvious reason that cooking presents&nbsp;<em>the opportunity for common meals that are not like the prior sharing of abundance from teams<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Cooking produces qualitatively different food sharing opportunities.&nbsp;&nbsp;More teams means more food and a more varied menu.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then,&nbsp;<em>the hearth<\/em>&nbsp;itself provides&nbsp;<em>a site for parties to linger and tell stories in hand talk<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;During this era, hand talk become fully linguistic.&nbsp;&nbsp;General grammar evolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0418 To me, these two pairs associate to&nbsp;<em>the two steps in human evolution that Tomasello identifies<\/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\/Slide10-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide10-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide10-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide10-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0419 Consequently,&nbsp;<em>my associations to Tomasello&#8217;s eras<\/em>&nbsp;does not coincide with&nbsp;<em>his own<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0420 But, that is not all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this adjustment in mind, I would think that&nbsp;<em>the natural history of morality<\/em>&nbsp;would commence in step one.&nbsp;&nbsp;But, Tomasello does not start in step one.&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter two, titled &#8220;Evolution of Cooperation&#8221;, points to step zero&#8230; er&#8230; the first era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0421 Tomasello introduces the question, &#8220;Why sociality?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first and most primordial answer says, &#8220;Bands serve as protection against predators.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, safety in numbers comes at a cost.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each member of the band competes for access to resources.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hierarchies get established.&nbsp;&nbsp;Alliances form.&nbsp;&nbsp;Hierarchies and alliances are not the same.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each bears its own actuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0422 Here are two nested forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide11-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide11-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide11-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide11-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0423 Power<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;does not situate affiliation<sub>2<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Affiliation<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;does not situate power<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both are in dynamic equilibrium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0424 Such is life in&nbsp;<em>the era of individual intentionality<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0425 Evolutionary anthropologists observe and measure the behaviors of great apes, who come as close to any creature to&nbsp;<em>our ancestors living during the millions of years between the LCA and the bipedal &#8220;southern apes&#8221;<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Evolutionary anthropologists model ape-behavior by asking the question, &#8220;How does&nbsp;<em>each strategy of group living<\/em>&nbsp;contribute to getting one&#8217;s genes into the next generation?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Strategies for success<\/em>&nbsp;include kin selection, group selection and selection for mutualism and reciprocity.&nbsp;&nbsp;I suppose the first item coheres to establishment<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;and the latter items go with alliance formation<sub>3<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Group selection is the odd inclusion, due to the fact that neither establishment<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;nor alliances<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;can exclude one another, try as they might.&nbsp;&nbsp;If establishment<sub>3<\/sub>dominates, then the group fails from passivity and free-riding.&nbsp;&nbsp;If alliance<sub>3<\/sub>&nbsp;dominates, then the group fails from internal conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0426 What does this imply?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ah, power<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;and affiliation<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;must constitute a single actuality<sub>2<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That actuality<sub>2<\/sub>, in this case, is a social circle, or a group, called &#8220;band&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide12-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide12-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide12-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide12-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The technical term for this relational structure<\/em>&nbsp;is &#8220;intersection&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;Two actualities intersect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0427&nbsp;<em>Kin selection<\/em>&nbsp;favors establishment<sub>3H<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Selection for mutualism and reciprocity<\/em>&nbsp;favor alliances<sub>3V<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Group selection<\/em>&nbsp;contains&nbsp;<em>the contradictions between power<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;and affiliation<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the group must be&nbsp;<em>the single actuality<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0428 I wonder, &#8220;Do evolutionary anthropologists, such as Tomasello, implicitly (not explicitly) realize this?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, if the single actuality<sub>2<\/sub>, the group<sub>2<\/sub>, associates to one of the actualities in Tomasello&#8217;s vision, then I would say that it<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;is neither shared intentionality<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;nor human ontology<sub>2c<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Therefore, the group<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;must associate to culture<sub>2b<\/sub>&#8230; I mean to say&#8230; interdependence<sub>2b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide13-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide13-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide13-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Slide13-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0429 Why is the intersection so important?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interdependence<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;belongs to secondness, the realm of actuality, for both the nested form and the level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the content level,&nbsp;<em>natural selection<sub>3a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is the normal context where&nbsp;<em>joint attention<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;emerges from (and situates)&nbsp;<em>sociogenesis<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(which turns out to be&nbsp;<em>the potential of triadic relations<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the situation level,&nbsp;<em>cultural selection<sub>3b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is the normal context where&nbsp;<em>interdependence<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;<\/em>(starting with the either family, intimates or the band, in&nbsp;<em>the era of individual intentionality<\/em>) emerges from and situates&nbsp;<em>cooperation<sub>1b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(which is&nbsp;<em>the potential<sub>1b<\/sub>&nbsp;of shared intentionality<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the perspective level,&nbsp;<em>natural selection<\/em>&nbsp;(in milieu of culture)<sub>3c<\/sub>&nbsp;is the normal context where&nbsp;<em>the hominin phenotype<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>emerges from and situates&nbsp;<em>the potential of &#8217;embodying interdependence&#8217;<sub>1c<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0430 What factor is&nbsp;<em>an evolutionary anthropologist<\/em>&nbsp;to fixate on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of that, interdependence<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;exhibits&nbsp;<em>the relational structure of an intersection<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An intersection is&nbsp;<em>full of contradictions<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the extreme,&nbsp;<em>establishment<sub>3H<\/sub>&nbsp;without alliance<sub>3V<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;produces&nbsp;<em>the magnificent peacock and his fickle and easily seduced hens<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the extreme,&nbsp;<em>alliance<sub>3V<\/sub>&nbsp;without establishment<sub>3H<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;produces&nbsp;<em>the ant,<\/em>&nbsp;where each worker shares the genes of every other worker and the queen holds authority because she is the one who gives life to the colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0431 Weirdly, both the peacock and the ant serve as&nbsp;<em>metaphors for hominin society<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the group<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;embodies interdependence<sub>2b<\/sub>, then specialized academic inquiry into human evolutionary history tends to focus on the trees, without regard to the forest.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Kin selection<\/em>&nbsp;promotes&nbsp;<em>establishment<sub>3H<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Selection for mutualism and reciprocity<\/em>&nbsp;promotes&nbsp;<em>alliance<sub>3V<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;And&nbsp;<em>group selection?<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;How on earth can&nbsp;<em>group selection<\/em>&nbsp;contribute to&nbsp;<em>reproductive success for an individual?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0432 Computer simulations abound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, the resolution stands beyond mere calculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intersections are inherently mysterious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0413 Tomasello proposes&nbsp;three interlocking movements&nbsp;to&nbsp;the natural history of human cognition. 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