The Cultural basis of Desires and Beliefs
This the second part of a series started with The Evolutionary Basis of Desires and Beliefs. Today we look at how culture has its place. The Evolutionary Basis of Desires and Beliefs Lets summarize where we are so far. We examined the evolutionary basis in the last post. A desire is an attitude to make or keep something true whereas a belief is an attitude that something is true. The distinction made here between beliefs and desires is that only desires motivate. That is beliefs are description
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