Nowadays in paleoanthropology it becomes more and more evident that the process of encephalopathy has guided our evolutionary line and that it can be investigated following two main strands of interpretation: the one based on selective mechanisms, which act on large numbers and in a completely random way, and which constitutes the cornerstone of the Darwinian perspective on the evolution of life; or the one which is articulated according to a philosophical approach, aimed at formulating a "law of complexity-consciousness" which, following Teilhard de Chardin's hypothesis, highlights the possible action, within the evolutionary mechanisms, of load-bearing lines of development, responsible for the "formation of increasingly complex and cerebralized structures." The first paradigm is considered the most suitable, from the scientific point of view, to perform the explanatory function of natural phenomena; while the second examines the complexity of human existence, thus removing it from the mere materialistic representation, attributed to it by an abstract evolutionism. This second paradigm certainly does not intend to neglect the assumptions of scientific research, but rather to show that, for living beings, every increase in complexity implies an increase in the degree of consciousness. Therefore, the evolutionary development, immediately observable in the biological perspective, also operates in the psychological and cultural perspective.

Sacrifice and evolutionary incentive. Epigenetic applications of the ritual

Geniale, Margherita
2021-01-01

Abstract

Nowadays in paleoanthropology it becomes more and more evident that the process of encephalopathy has guided our evolutionary line and that it can be investigated following two main strands of interpretation: the one based on selective mechanisms, which act on large numbers and in a completely random way, and which constitutes the cornerstone of the Darwinian perspective on the evolution of life; or the one which is articulated according to a philosophical approach, aimed at formulating a "law of complexity-consciousness" which, following Teilhard de Chardin's hypothesis, highlights the possible action, within the evolutionary mechanisms, of load-bearing lines of development, responsible for the "formation of increasingly complex and cerebralized structures." The first paradigm is considered the most suitable, from the scientific point of view, to perform the explanatory function of natural phenomena; while the second examines the complexity of human existence, thus removing it from the mere materialistic representation, attributed to it by an abstract evolutionism. This second paradigm certainly does not intend to neglect the assumptions of scientific research, but rather to show that, for living beings, every increase in complexity implies an increase in the degree of consciousness. Therefore, the evolutionary development, immediately observable in the biological perspective, also operates in the psychological and cultural perspective.
2021
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