BEHAVIOR AND CULTURE IN ONE DIMENSION [electronic resource] : sequences, affordances, and the evolution of complexity.

By: Waters, Dennis PMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Resources for ecological psychology seriesPublisher: [S.l.] : ROUTLEDGE, 2021Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781000359527; 1000359522; 9781000359565; 1000359565; 9781003148210; 1003148212; 9781000359541; 1000359549Subject(s): Social evolution | LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics | PHILOSOPHY / Mind & BodyDDC classification: 303.4 LOC classification: HM626HM626-631 | .W384 2021Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Summary: Behavior and Culture in One Dimension adopts a broad interdisciplinary approach, presenting a unified theory of sequences andtheir functions and an overview of how they underpin the evolution of complexity. Sequences of DNA guide the functioning of the living world, sequences of speech and writing choreograph the intricacies of human culture, and sequences of code oversee the operation of our literate technological civilization. These linear patterns function under their own rules, which have never been fully explored. It is time for them to get their due. This book explores the one-dimensional sequences that orchestrate the structure and behavior of our three-dimensional habitat. Using Gibsonian concepts of perception, action, and affordances, as well as the works of Howard Pattee, the book examines the role of sequences in the human behavioral and cultural world of speech, writing, and mathematics. The book offers a Darwinian framework for understanding human cultural evolution and locates the two major informational transitions in the origins of life and civilization. It will be of interest to students and researchers in ecological psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, and the social and biological sciences.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Behavior and Culture in One Dimension adopts a broad interdisciplinary approach, presenting a unified theory of sequences andtheir functions and an overview of how they underpin the evolution of complexity. Sequences of DNA guide the functioning of the living world, sequences of speech and writing choreograph the intricacies of human culture, and sequences of code oversee the operation of our literate technological civilization. These linear patterns function under their own rules, which have never been fully explored. It is time for them to get their due. This book explores the one-dimensional sequences that orchestrate the structure and behavior of our three-dimensional habitat. Using Gibsonian concepts of perception, action, and affordances, as well as the works of Howard Pattee, the book examines the role of sequences in the human behavioral and cultural world of speech, writing, and mathematics. The book offers a Darwinian framework for understanding human cultural evolution and locates the two major informational transitions in the origins of life and civilization. It will be of interest to students and researchers in ecological psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, and the social and biological sciences.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Technical University of Mombasa
Tom Mboya Street, Tudor 90420-80100 , Mombasa Kenya
Tel: (254)41-2492222/3 Fax: 2490571