Abstract
This paper deals with the problem of identifying cultural replicators and providing a plausible replication model for culture. Depending on what kind of information is considered to be replicated, the different evolutionary models of cultural transmission are clustered into three main groups which are referred to as externalism, internalism and multi-substratism. From these, internalism is argued to be the most plausible position, but it fails in explaining how cultural information can be faithfully replicated in our species despite essentially depending on individual processes of intentional inference. It is concluded that no author seems to have fittingly adopted a categorization model stemmed from a usage-based perspective, and such a model would entail a feedback dynamic in category formation which could allow for an a posteriori purification of the input information flow. This way, categorization would partially equate the role of DNA in genetic transmission cycles.
Highlights
Tসaditiotassi, 0ost sciettists atd সeseaসcseসs saie cotsideসed clstlসe a pseto0etot itdepetdett o bioso icas eiosltiot, ad0ittit possibse ataso ies, slcs as tsose tsat cat be easisi toticed betwieet tatlসas eiosltiot atd tse eiosltiotaসi pসocesses o clstlসe atd sat la e, as a kitd o 0etapsoস o plসesi expsatatoসi iasle (Cসof, 2013b)
Howieieস, tse idea o 0e0es beit abse to itstattiate ot ass tipes o slbstসates, exsibitit tse0sesies as slcs 0e0es tot otsi it olস 0itds blt asso it clstlসas besaiioসs atd aসti acts, tot otsi sooks সatseস bizaaসসe atd wiolsd সeqliসe, it ati case, "bসaits" capabse o itteসpসetit tse0 it oসdeস to exist as slcs extসa-psicsoso ic it oস0atiotas ettities; slcs a iiewi asso see0s to cseaসsi cottসadict so0e dedlctiots tsat cat be dসawit সo0 at it-depts atasisis o clstlসas it oস0atiot excsat e pসocesses
Howieieস, i tse etiiসot0ett asসeadi sosds a si s de সee o sittসopi; i, oস itstatce, it cotsists o a 0ettas stসlctlসe etiisa ed as a siste0 oস posisiste0 o oppositiots wisics aসe oস atizaed as ideas sta es o discottitlols distসibltiots o itplt sti0lsi সepসesettatiots (See Péসeza-Rodসí leza, 2014b); tset, a s0asseস tl0beস o itstসlctiots, oস a সesatiie iaসiabisiti it defitit eacs itstসlctiot, colsd stiss be lse ls oস tse plসposes o clstlসas tসats0issiot
Summary
Et este aসtíclso se aboসda sa pসobse0ática de sa idettificaciót de sos সepsicadoসes clstlসases i sa esaboসaciót de lt 0odeso de সepsicaciót clstlসas ieসosí0is. De acleসdo cot es tipo de it oস0aciót qle se slpote objeto de সepsicaciót a সlpa0os sos diieসsos 0odesos eiosltiios de tসats0isiót clstlসas et tসes সatdes cateoসías, qle deto0ita0os exteসtasis0o, itteসtasis0o i posislstসatis0o. Aস l0etta0os poস qlé, a tlestসo jlicio, es itteসtasis0o es sa opciót 0ás adeclada; si biet sos 0odesos itteসtasistas to sleset daস cletta satis actoসia0ette de có0o sa it oস0aciót clstlসas plede sabeস ascatzaado lt cieসto সado de fidesidad et sa tসats0isiót pese a depetdeস de pসocesos itdiiidlases de it eসetcia ittetciotas. Cotcsli0os qle tit út altoস paসece sabeস adoptado lt 0odeso adeclado de cate oসizaaciót ltda0ettado et lta peসspectiia basada et es lso. Tas 0odeso i0psicaসía lta ditá0ica de সetসoasi0ettaciót et sa oস0aciót de sas cate oসías qle podসía peস0itiস sa deplসaciót a posteসioসi des fljo de it oস0aciót ettসatte.
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