Causal explanation needed beyond ‘learned’
labeling something as “learned” does not provide an explanation; it is simply a description that environmental input changes the organism in some way.
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- “Learned from society” is incomplete
- Ignores evolved learning mechanisms that channel/constrain what is learnable
- Begs the question: Why are humans predisposed to learn certain values?
- Fails to explain convergence
- Learned not vs evolved
Learning requires evolved psychological adaptations.
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