Causal Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Debate - Couverture rigide

Sperber, Dan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198523149 ISBN 13 : 9780198523147

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1995

Synopsis

Understanding cause-effect relationships is fundamental to the study of cognition. In this book, specialists from comparative psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and philosophy present recent developments in the study of causal cognition and discuss their different perspectives. The result is an interdisciplinary debate aimed at the non-specialist.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

An understanding of cause--effect relationships is fundamental to the study of cognition. In this book, outstanding specialists from comparative psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and philosophy present the newest developments in the study of causal cognition and discuss their different perspectives. They reflect on the role and forms of causal knowledge, both in animal and human cognition, on the development of human causal cognition from infancy, and on the relationship between individual and cultural aspects of causal understanding. The result is a state-of-the-art, informative, insightful, and interdisciplinary debate aimed at the non-specialist.

Revue de presse

This book brings together approaches from disciplines such as comparative psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and philosophy to present the newest developments in the study of causal cognition and to discuss their different perspectives. (Journal of Consumer 20:4, Dec 1997)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198523149
• ISBN 13: 9780198523147
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 690
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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