On cognition and cultural evolution

Shinji Teraji

Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, 2014, vol. 13, issue 2, 167-182

Abstract: This paper examines two paths by which F. A. Hayek’s work has influenced the cognitive theory of institutions: cognition and cultural evolution. It argues that there is a relationship between the sensory order and the social order. The explanation of social order begins with the human mind. This is illustrated with ideas relating to understanding culture from a cognitive viewpoint. Human cognition makes cultural evolution an endogenous process. The paper draws on ideas of co-evolution of individuals’ mental models and their actions. Mental models can be modified by feedback from altered perceived reality as a consequence of peoples’ altered actions. A key to understanding cultural evolution is an understanding of how individuals modify their mental models. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: Hayek; Cognition; Mental models; Coordination; Cultural evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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