Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1934536490 ISBN 13 : 9781934536490

Editeur : University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, 2013

Synopsis

Descartes boldly claimed: "I think, therefore I am." But one might well ask: Why do we think? How? When and why did our human ancestors develop language and culture? In other words, what makes the human mind human?

Evolution of Mind, Brain, and Culture offers a comprehensive and scientific investigation of these perennial questions. Fourteen essays bring together the work of archaeologists, cultural and physical anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, geneticists, a neuroscientist, and an environmental scientist to explore the evolution of the human mind, the brain, and the human capacity for culture. The volume represents and critically engages major theoretical approaches, including Donald's stage theory, Mithen's cathedral model, Tomasello's joint intentionality, and Boyd and Richerson's modeling of the evolution of culture in relation to climate change.

No recent publication combines this breadth of evidential and theoretical perspective. The essays range in topic from the macroscopic (the evolution of social cooperation) to the microscopic (examining genetic data to infer evolutions in brain structure and function), and from the ancient (paleoanthropological reconstructions of hominin cognitive abilities) to the modern (including modern hominin's similarities to our primate cousins). Considered together, these essays constitute a fascinating, detailed look at what makes us human.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Gary Hatfield is Adam Seybert Professor in Moral and Intellectual Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. Holly Pittman is Bok Family Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania, and Curator in the Near East Section at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1934536490
• ISBN 13: 9781934536490
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 496
• Éditeur: Hatfield Gary, Pittman Holly
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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