% pubman genre = article @article{item_3258899, title = {{Did social cognition evolve by cultural group selection?}}, author = {Morin, Olivier}, language = {eng}, issn = {0268-1064; 1468-0017}, doi = {10.1111/mila.12252}, publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell - SSH}, address = {Hoboken, NJ}, year = {2019}, date = {2019-09}, abstract = {{Abstract Cognitive gadgets puts forward an ambitious claim: language, mindreading, and imitation evolved by cultural group selection. Defending this claim requires more than Heyes{\textquotesingle} spirited and effective critique of nativist claims. The latest human {\textquotedblleft}cognitive gadgets,{\textquotedblright} such as literacy, did not spread through cultural group selection. Why should social cognition be different? The book leaves this question pending. It also makes strong assumptions regarding cultural evolution: it is moved by selection rather than transformation; it relies on high-fidelity imitation; it requires specific cognitive adaptations to cultural learning. Each of these assumptions raises crucial yet unaddressed difficulties.}}, journal = {{Mind {\&} Language}}, volume = {34}, number = {4}, pages = {530--539}, }