The native mind and the cultural construction of nature / Scott Atran and Douglas Medin.

The native mind and the cultural construction of nature /

Surveys show that our growing concern over protecting the environment is accompanied by a diminishing sense of human contact with nature. Many people have little commonsense knowledge about nature - are unable, for example, to identify local plants and trees or describe how these plants and animals...

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Main Author: Atran, Scott, 1952-
Other Authors: Medin, Douglas L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series:Life and mind.
Subjects:
Cognition and culture.
Cognition.
Life sciences.
Cross-cultural studies.
Ethnology.
Cognition
Biological Science Disciplines
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Ethnology
Nature
Anthropology, Cultural
cognition.
biological sciences.
social anthropology.
ethnology.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Universals and devolution : general claims
  • 3. Study populations, methods, and models
  • 4. Devolution and relative expertise
  • 5. Development of folkbiological cognition
  • 6. Culture as a notional, not natural, kind
  • 7. Folkecology and the spirit of the commons : garden experiments in mesoamerica
  • 8. Cultural epidemiology
  • 9. Mental models and intergroup conflict in North America
  • 10. Conclusions and projections.

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