Khan Saira
Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, BS6 6JL Bristol, UK.
Biol Philos. 2025;40(4):18. doi: 10.1007/s10539-025-09990-4. Epub 2025 Aug 14.
One of the distinctive features of some norms is thought to be their character. To say that a norm is externalised is to say that it is experienced as imposed on us from the outside and exacting a demand on all, regardless of their group (Stanford in Behav Brain Sci 14:1-13, 2018a). Stanford (Behav Brain Sci 14:1-13, 2018a) argues that externalisation evolved to facilitate correlated interaction among cooperators. However, he failed to specify the means by which externalisation achieves correlated interaction. In this article, I argue that externalisation secures correlated interaction via commitment. I also offer an account of the emergence of externalised norms that further draws attention to the role of commitments in securing correlated interaction over our evolutionary history.
某些规范的一个显著特征被认为是它们的特性。说一种规范是外在化的，就是说它被体验为是从外部强加给我们的，并且对所有人都有要求，无论他们属于哪个群体（斯坦福，载于《行为与脑科学》14：1 - 13，2018a）。斯坦福（《行为与脑科学》14：1 - 13，2018a）认为，外在化的进化是为了促进合作者之间的协同互动。然而，他没有具体说明外在化实现协同互动的方式。在本文中，我认为外在化通过承诺确保协同互动。我还对外在化规范的出现进行了阐述，这进一步凸显了承诺在我们进化史上确保协同互动方面的作用。
