• DOI:10.1016/j.cogsys.2018.06.010
Corpus ID: 53758079

Parasites of the mind. Why cultural theorists need the meme’s eye view

@article{Boudry2018ParasitesOT,
  title={Parasites of the mind. Why cultural theorists need the meme’s eye view},
  author={M. Boudry and S. Hofhuis},
  journal={Cognitive Systems Research},
  year={2018},
  volume={52},
  pages={155-167}
}

• M. Boudry, S. Hofhuis
• Published 2018
• Computer Science
• Cognitive Systems Research

Are there any such things as mind parasites? By analogy with biological parasites, such cultural items are supposed to subvert or harm the interests of their host. The hypothesis of cultural parasitism has appeared in different guises in the burgeoning field of cultural evolution. To unpack the notion of mind parasites, we first clear some conceptual ground around the concept of cultural adaptation and its relation to human agency. We then formulate Millikan’s challenge: how can cultural items… Expand

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