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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 15, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 109-130 |
| Further subjects: | B
sociocultural evolution
universal Darwinism
culture
cognition
worldview
niche construction
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5373 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of cognition and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12342143 |