Rethinking the Evolution of Culture and Cognitive Structure

Two recent attempts to clarify misunderstandings about the nature of cultural evolution (Henrich et al., 2008; Gabora, 2011) came to very different conclusions, based on very different understandings of what evolves and how. This paper begins by examining these two ‘clarifications’ in order to revea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cognition and culture
1. VerfasserIn: Stuart-Fox, Martin 1939- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2015
In: Journal of cognition and culture
weitere Schlagwörter:B sociocultural evolution universal Darwinism culture cognition worldview niche construction
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Zusammenfassung:Two recent attempts to clarify misunderstandings about the nature of cultural evolution (Henrich et al., 2008; Gabora, 2011) came to very different conclusions, based on very different understandings of what evolves and how. This paper begins by examining these two ‘clarifications’ in order to reveal their key differences, and goes on to rethink how culture evolves by focussing on the role of cognitive structure, or worldview.
ISSN:1568-5373
Enthält:In: Journal of cognition and culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342143