ABSTRACT

The brain learns certain regular actions by staying in interaction with other individuals who perform that action, and it is the success of coordination among those inter-individual actions which ultimately internalises the underlying mechanisms. The reproduction of a neuromeme simultaneously results in some motor output that includes the handling of artefacts, which is an input into neuronal reproduction of another brain, in which the reproduction of corresponding neuromemes is catalysed. The main focus of the argument that culture cannot be the object of Darwinism is that culture is the result of a special human capability to create meanings. Thus, the holistic interpretation of Darwinism allows for the treatment of culture as a holistic phenomenon, because holism is concomitant to the levels of selection idea. However, this is by no means sufficient for conducting cultural analysis. If Darwinism can be holistic, its application on the concept of culture is far less problematic than many people in the humanities have feared.