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Darwin's triumph: Explaining the uniqueness of the human mind without a deus ex machina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2008

Derek C. Penn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 Cognitive Evolution Group, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504. dcpenn@ucla.edu holyoak@lifesci.ucla.edu ceg@louisiana.eduhttp://www.cognitiveevolutiongroup.org/http://reasoninglab.psych.ucla.edu/
Keith J. Holyoak
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Daniel J. Povinelli
Affiliation:
Cognitive Evolution Group, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504. dcpenn@ucla.edu holyoak@lifesci.ucla.edu ceg@louisiana.eduhttp://www.cognitiveevolutiongroup.org/http://reasoninglab.psych.ucla.edu/

Abstract

In our target article, we argued that there is a profound functional discontinuity between the cognitive abilities of modern humans and those of all other extant species. Unsurprisingly, our hypothesis elicited a wide range of responses from commentators. After responding to the commentaries, we conclude that our hypothesis lies closer to Darwin's views on the matter than to those of many of our contemporaries.

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