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9781859734322

The Debated Mind Evolutionary Psychology versus Ethnography

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  • Copyright: 2001-04-01
  • Publisher: Berg Pub Ltd
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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.

Author Biography

Edited by Harvey Whitehouse, The Queen's University at Belfast.

Table of Contents

List of Contributorsp. vii
Acknowledgementsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Mental Modularity and Cultural Diversityp. 23
Cultural Inheritance Tracks and Cognitive Predispositions: The Example of Religious Conceptsp. 57
Some Elements of a Science of Culturep. 91
Part 2
From the Transmission of Representations to the Education of Attentionp. 113
The Child in Mindp. 155
Steps to an Integration of Developmental Cognitivism and Depth Psychologyp. 181
Conclusion: Towards a Reconciliationp. 203
Indexp. 225
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