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PhD Thesis
 
Baumard, N. (2008) A naturalist and mutualist theory of morality, PhD, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris.
 
Journal papers

Baumard, N. (draft version available). From moral intuitions to the biological market: Inferring the evolutionary mechanism from the organ's structure.
 
Baumard, N. (draft version available). Moral intuitions: A test case for evolutionary theories of human cooperation.

Baumard, N. (submitted), "Fair enough!" The distribution of resources in cooperative games fits better with market selection than group selection.

Baumard, N. & Sperber, D. (submitted) Morality and Reputation in an evolutionary perspective

Baumard, N.*, Chevallier, C.*, & Mascaro, O. (*first co-authors) (under revision) “‘It’s not fair’ - The sense of justice in young children”

Baumard, N.  & Sperber, D. (2007). La morale. Terrain, 48, 5-12.

Baumard, N. (2007). La morale n’est pas le social, Terrain, 48, 49-72.

Baumard, N. (2004) « Hard-Neuroscience » : La science-fiction est-elle de bon conseil pour une approche cognitive de la morale ? Cahiers Romans de Sciences Cognitives.

In preparation

Baumard, N. & Boyer, P. What is intuitive in intuitive theories?

Baumard, N., Chevallier, C. & Whitehouse, H. Why do people believe in immanent justice?

Baumard, N., Chevallier, C. & Cova, F. Moral dilemmas: cognitive errors or adaptive judgments?
 
André, J.B. & Baumard, N., An evolutionary model of market selection


Book chapters
 
Baumard, N. (2010) Une théorie naturaliste des phénomènes moraux est-elle possible?, In P. Charbonnat (Ed.), Matière Première, Paris : Syllepse.
 
Baumard, N. & André, J-B. (2010). L’Evolution de la coopération chez l’homme, In B. Godelle (Ed.), Manuel de biologie de l’évolution.
 
André, J.B. & Baumard, N. (2010). Les théories evolutionnaires de la culture, In B. Godelle (Ed.), Manuel de biologie de l’évolution.

Baumard, N. & Morin, O. (2010). Les théories évolutionnaires de la religion, In B. Godelle (Ed.), Manuel de biologie de l’évolution.
 
Baumard, N. (2009). Psychologie évolutionniste et sciences sociales, In J.-B. Van der Henst & H. Mercier (Eds.), La Psychologie évolutionniste, Grenoble : PUG.

Chevallier, C., Baumard, N., Pougas L., & Grèzes, J. (accepted) Comprendre les actions, émotions et états mentaux d’autrui : psychologie et neurosciences". In A. Berthoz (Ed.), La pluralite et les fondements cognitifs de la notion de points de vue , Paris : Odile Jacob.
 
Baumard, N. (2007). Comment réconcilier évolution, cognition et culture : une approche contractualiste de la morale. In C. Clavien & C. El Bez (Eds.), L’éthique : l’inné et l’acquis, Lausanne : Presses Universitaires de Lausanne.


Blogging for the International Cognitive and Culture Institute (ICCI)

 
 

Jul. 2009. Simian Oeconomicus

Jul. 2009. In praise of neuroscience (for once)

Jun 2009. Do economic games tell us something about real behaviours?

Jun 2009. Are dogs (and chimps) really inequity-averse?

May 2009. Is resonance the cement of society?

Feb. 2009. In Bad Taste: Evidence for the Oral Origins of Moral Disgust

Dec. 2008. Is a universal Michelin Guide possible?

Nov 2008. What about cognition and society?

Nov. 2008. Epidemiology of flu, epidemiology of names

Nov. 2008. Neuroanthropology or ethnographical neurosciences?

Nov. 2008. Intuitive fatalism: adaptation or by-product?


Translations

Kitcher, P. (2007). Contrasting Conceptions of Social Epistemology. [Contraster les conceptions de l'épistémologie sociale] in L’Epistémologie sociale : une théorie sociale de la connaissance, A. Bouvier et B. Conein (Eds.).

Nichols, S. (2007). On The Genealogy Of Norms: A Case For The Role Of Emotion In Cultural Evolution. [Un fragment de la généalogie des normes], Terrain, 48, 73-88.

Haidt, J. & Joseph, C. (2007). Intuitive ethics: How innately prepared intuitions generate culturally variable virtues. [De l’unité des intuitions morales à la diversité des vertus], Terrain, 48, 89-100.