Biological and Cultural Bases of Human Inference - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805853952 ISBN 13: 9780805853957

Publisher: Psychology Press, 2006

Synopsis

Biological and Cultural Bases of Human Inference addresses the interface between social science and cognitive science. In this volume, Viale and colleagues explore which human social cognitive powers evolve naturally and which are influenced by culture. Updating the debate between innatism and culturalism regarding human cognitive abilities, this book represents a much-needed articulation of these diverse bases of cognition.

Chapters throughout the book provide social science and philosophical reflections, in addition to the perspective of evolutionary theory and the central assumptions of cognitive science. The overall approach of the text is based on three complementary levels: adult performance, cognitive development, and cultural history and prehistory. Scholars from several disciplines contribute to this volume, including researchers in cognitive, developmental, social and evolutionary psychology, neuropsychology, cognitive anthropology, epistemology, and philosophy of mind.

This contemporary, important collection appeals to researchers in the fields of cognitive, social, developmental, and evolutionary psychology and will prove valuable to researchers in the decision sciences.

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About the Author

Riccardo Viale, Daniel Andler, Lawrence A. Hirschfeld

Edition details

• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805853952
• ISBN 13: 9780805853957
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 262
• Editor: Viale Riccardo, Andler Daniel, Hirschfeld Lawrence A.