The Emergence of Normative Orders

by Jerzy Stelmach (Editor), Bartosz Brożek (Editor), Łukasz Kurek (Editor)

This collection of essays assesses the origins of various rule-based systems, including, but not limited to, morality, rationality, and justice from the perspectives of both philosophy and psychology. The reader will learn about diverse cognitive and neurocognitive phenomena that are responsible for the emergence of normative orders, such as imitation, time preferences, and the dual-processing mind. Furthermore, the essays include different philosophical insights into the genealogy of norms. [ Philosophy, Psychology, Cognitive Science]

294 pages, Hardcover

First published June 4, 2014