Culture and cognition
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Culture and cognition
（Evolution and cognition, . The innate mind ; v. 2）
Oxford University Press, 2006
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Available at 26 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-349) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780195310139
Description
This is the second of a three volume series on innateness--one of the central topics currently debated in the cognitive and behavioral sciences. The series grows out of interdisciplinary "working groups" at Rutgers University. The first volume focused on the fundamental architecture of the human mind. The second volume focuses on culture. It is comprised of cutting-edge work by an interdisciplinary roster of well-known scholars including Robert Boyd, Peter Richerson, David Sloan Wilson, Paul Griffiths, Dan Sperber, Kim Sterelny, Scott Atran, and Peter Todd.
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: pbk ISBN 9780195310146
Description
This is the second of a three volume series on innateness-one of the central topics currently debated in the cognitive and behavioral sciences. The series grows out of interdisciplinary "working groups" at Rutgers University. The first volume focused on the fundamental architecture of the human mind. The second volume focuses on culture. It is comprised of cutting-edge work by an interdisciplinary roster of well-known scholars including Robert Boyd, Peter Richerson,
David Sloan Wilson, Paul Griffiths, Dan Sperber, Kim Sterelny, Scott Atran, and Peter Todd.
Table of Contents
- Preface List of Contributors 1: TOM SIMPSON, University of York, STEPHEN STICH, Rutgers University, PETER CARRUTHERS, University of Maryland, and STEPHEN LAURENCE, University of Sheffield: Introduction: Culture and the Innate Mind PART ONE: LEARNING, CULTURE, AND EVOLUTION 2: ROBERT BOYD, University of California at Los Angeles
- PETER RICHERSON, University of California at Davis: Culture, Adaptation, and Innateness 3: PAUL ROZIN, University of Pennsylvania: About 17 (+/- 2) Potential Principles about Links Between the Innate Mind and Culture: Preadaptation, Predispositions, Preferences, Pathways, and Domains 4: DANIEL FESSLER, University of California at Los Angeles: Steps Towards an Evolutionary Psychology of a Culture-Dependent Species 5: DAVID SLOAN WILSON, Binghampton: Human Groups as Adaptive Units: Toward a Permanent Consensus 6: PAUL GRIFFITHS, University of Queensland: The Baldwin Effect and Genetic Assimilation: Contrasting Explanatory Foci and Gene Concepts in Two Approaches to an Evolutionary Process 7: DAVID PAPINEAU, King's College London: The Baldwin Effect and Genetic Assimilation: Reply to Griffiths 8: MARCUS GIAQUINTO, University College London: Mental Number Lines PART TWO: MODULARITY AND COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE 9: MICHAEL SIEGAL, University of Sheffield and LUCA SURIAN, University of Trieste: Modularity in Language and Theory of Mind: What is the Evidence? 10: DAN SPERBER, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris and LAWRENCE HIRSCHFELD, University of Michigan: Culture and Modularity 11: PETER TODD, Indiana University at Bloomington and ANNERIEKE HEUVELINK, Vrije University, Amsterdam: Shaping Social Environments with Simple Recognition Heuristics 12: PETER CARRUTHERS, University of Maryland: Simple Heuristics Meet Massive Modularity 13: H CLARK BARRETT, University of California at Los Angeles: Modularity and Design Reincarnation 14: KIM STERELNY, Victoria University in Wellington and Australian National University: Cognitive Load and Human Decision, or, Three Ways of Rolling the Rock Uphill PART THREE: MORALITY, NORMS, AND RELIGION 15: SUSAN DWYER, University of Maryland Baltimore County: How Good is the Linguistic Analogy? 16: RICHARD JOYCE, Australian National University: Is Human Morality Innate? 17: CHANDRA SEKHA SRIPADA, University of Michigan and STEPHEN STICH, Rutgers University: A Framework for the Psychology of Norms 18: SCOTT ATRAN, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, and University of Michigan: Religions Innate Origins and Evolutionary Background References
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