anthropology theory
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Cellular Automata
Classical Cognitive Science
Cognitive Evolution
cognitive predispositions
Conceptual Modules
Counter-intuitive Concepts
Counter-intuitive Representations
Counterintuitive Representation
cultural cognition
cultural transmission
developmental psychology
Developmental Schedule
DNA String
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evolution culture interaction
Firing Patterns
Flashbulb Memories
human behaviour
Individual's DNA
Initial Attention Biases
interdisciplinary research methods
Intuitive Expectations
Intuitive Ontological
Lactose Tolerance
mental modularity
neo-Darwinian evolutionary biology
Neuronal Group Selection
Proper Domain
Proximal Inputs
Religious Ontologies
Religious Propositions
Specific Shaping Function
Superhuman Agencies
Violate
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781859734278
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In a further development of the nature-nurture debate, this collection of articles questions how the human mind influences the content and organization of culture. In the study of mental activity, can the effects of evolution and history be teased apart? Evolutionary psychologists argue that cultural transmission is constrained by our genetic inheritance. Few social and cultural anthropologists have found this argument to be relevant to their work and many would doubt its validity. This book uniquely pitches the arguments for innatism against ethnographic perspectives that call into question the theoretical foundations of orthodox evolutionary biology and cognitive science. Ultimately the aim of the debate is to create an original set of mutually compatible theories that will open up new areas for interdisciplinary research.
Harvey Whitehouse The Queen's University at Belfast
