The Institution as an Explanatory Mechanism in Cultural Evolution: A Review of Three Theories

The purpose of this paper is to stimulate productive research on institutions from within cultural evolutionary science and, especially, philosophy of science. It aims to achieve this goal by distinguishing between three types of question a theory of institutions ought to answer; by comparing and an...

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Main Author: Nichols, Ryan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2022, Volume: 22, Issue: 5, Pages: 499-513
Further subjects:B Ontology
B philosophy of science
B Theory
B Cultural Evolution
B Effects
B ontogenesis
B Institution
B Mold
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