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Preface

FromitsbeginningsiGreece,theWesterraditionhashadadedividualistitation。Thisistruebothinphilosophy,espetheanalytictraditionoftheAnglophoneworld,assychologysihasanacademicdisthe19thtury。

Butthiophilosophy,animportantnewparadigmhasemergedifewdecadesthatattemptstocharacterizehumanshared(orcolletentionality。IialphilosopherssuSearle,MichaelBratman,ahaveuneofthemanywaysinwhiactivitiesthat,onthesurfadividualistirealityonlypossiblebecauseoftheunderlyingsocialrelationshipsandculturals,andinstitutionsthatsupportandstructurethem。The“deepstructure”ofuniquelyhumanpsychologyisessentiallysodcultural。

Inpsychology,thegeisbeinginstigatedbyevolutionaryapproalookiionofthehumanspeparisonwiththatofitserelatives,itisclearthatthemostimportantdifferencesderivefromhumans’uniqueformsofsoteraparticular,humaobemuedtoengageinvariouskindsofcooperation,iniqueformsofcooperativeuni。Thisenableshumangroupstocreateallkindsofthihatnoindividualcoulditsoliesmostobviouslytothingssuputersandskyscrapers,butitalsoappliestomorebasipetenciessuventionallinguistiunidindividualself-regulatioy’smoralnorms。

WhyWeCooperateisbasedouresdeliveredatStanfordUyihere-formulatedfeneralaudieinparisonwithotherprimatespesareinordinatelycooperative。Youobecooperativefromthebeginning,asocializatidoesohavemucheffect。Thisisnottosaythatadultsocializationisnotimportant-itis-butonlyforolder;itdoeseyoung’sgenerallycooperativeshowsupbothwheosometroubletohelpothersfulfilltheirgoals,andalsowhentheycollaboratewithooaongoals。Muchoftheresearchreviewedinthisbookillustratestheuniquewaysinwhisareadaptedforcooperation。

ANaturalHistoryofHumanThinkianacademitralclaimisthatuniquelyhumanformsofthionaprimatebase-greatapesdoihiosolveproblems-butthenitgoeswellbeyondthis。Whatehinkingtogobeyondgeneralprimatethinkingisitsincorporationofsocialprocesses。Itissoduwithothersthatenableshumansto,forexample,formperspectivalitiverepresentations(sothatthesameanimalmaybecalledeitheradogorapet)andtothinkaboutthinkingrecursively。Ahatgovernhumanreasoningprople,nottotradieselfdireormsthatthesocietyasawholeand,inesseistoberatioure。Themetaphorusedtoopenthebookisthathumanthinkingislikeajazzmusiimprovisiuneiisindividualactivity,ofcourse,butitismadepossiblebyaculturalhistoryofjazzmusicthathascreatedtheihebasis,andtheaudiestitutethisparticularwayofmakingmusic。

IamfromwhatIreadincross-culturalpsychology,aAsiantriesaremuchmore“collectivist”culturesthanthoseinwhichIhavegrownupahuspossiblethatmahingsIargueforisareobvioustoesereaders。Butobviousornot,IuefortheiradIhopetheydoprovidesomemeasureofinsightintothebasicproansoteradthinking,evenforreaderswhoarealreadysteepediwaysofthinkingandag。

Miasello

2016。7。7

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