Table of Contents
Origin and Evolution of Culture
Introduction
Introduction (cont’d)
Part I: Setting the Stage
Primate Organization: Groups of Individuals
Band society organization: Cooperation frequent
Payoff for Cooperative Behavior-- Resources Variable in Time and Space
Prisoner’s Dilemma (Individual Level)
Fitness Behavior
Cooperation Based on Genetic Relations Recognized Through Behavior
Prisoner’s Dilemma (Group Level)
Definition of Culture
Culture as Mental Phenomena
Culture as a System of Interconnected Concepts
Culture as a Constructed Reality
Humanness as a Constructed Reality
Band society organization: Cooperation frequent
Kinship Identification and Calculation
Gao’s Calculation
Comparison of Two Kinship Terminologies
Kin Term Products for !Kung San Kinship Terminology (Cayley Table)
Part II: Evolution of Mental Constructs
Relation, R
Relation, Examples
Equivalence Relations
Macaque Relation Formation
Concept of Self and of Mind
Category Formation
Mother-Child Relation Concept, long-tailed Macaques
Likely Relation Concepts
Category/Concept Formation
Transitivity: Deduced New Concept
Deduced Relation Without Genetic Linkage
Projected Reciprocal Relation: Conceptual Linkage
Conceptual Linkage Between Individuals, Genetic Connection Unknown
Behavior “Piggybacks” on Reciprocal Relation Projection
Relation Sets and Change to a Relation Set
Group of Individuals Structured by a Relation Set
Relation Sets and Group Behavior
Symmetry: Shift From TFT Strategy to Reciprocal Relation Belief (Symmetry)
Theorem: Equivalence Relation and Disjoint Groups
Generation of Cooperative Disjoint Groups Through a Transitive and Symmetric Relation Concept
Part III: Group Fitness and Mental Constructs
Competition Between Groups
Competition Between Two Groups
Phase State Diagram: Shift from: Equilibrium Between Two Populations to: Single Population Wins Out
Relationship Between Group Fitness and Cardinality of Relation Set (Curve Hypothetical)
Part IV: Group Selection and Generative Relation Sets
Recruitment and Learning Problem!
Complexity of Relation Set: Number of Rules in a Finite State Grammar Representation
Limited Patterning: Coherence of Pattern Through Time and Cardinality
Finite State Grammar: Coherence of Pattern Through Time and Complexity of Rules
Fitness and Decay in Relation Set Coherence
Generative Relation Set (Cultural Construct)
Limited Patterning versus Generative Relation Set
Finite State Grammar versus Generative Relation Set
Fitness and Decay in Relation Set Coherence
Kin Based Society
Band society organization: Cooperation frequent
Summary
Conclusion
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