Biological and Cultural Bases of Human Inference

Herausgeber: Andler, Daniel; Viale, Riccardo; Hirschfeld, Lawrence A.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Psychology Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 388g
• ISBN-13: 9781138004177
• ISBN-10: 1138004170
• Artikelnr.: 40822751

Autorenporträt

Riccardo Viale, Daniel Andler, Lawrence A. Hirschfeld

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. R. Viale
Introduction: Local or Universal Principles of Reasoning? R. Viale
D. Osherson
Cognitive Development
Culture
and Inductive Judgment. R.E. Nisbett
T. Masuda
Culture and Point of View. A. Norenzayan
Cultural Variation in Reasoning. S. Atran
D.L. Medin
N. Ross
Thinking About Biology: Modular Constraints on Categorization and Reasoning in the Everyday Life of Americans
Maya
and Scientists. L.A. Hirschfeld
Who Needs a Theory of Mind? J. Perner
A. Kühberger
Framing and the Theory-Simulation Controversy: Predicting People's Decisions. D. Sperber
An Evolutionary Perspective on Testimony and Argumentation. J.M. Weinberg
S. Nichols
S. Stich
Normativity and Epistemic Intuitions. L. Macchi
M. Bagassi
Probabilistic Reasoning and Natural Language.