Anthropology and the cognitive challenge /
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Author / Creator: | Bloch, Maurice. |
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Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
Series: | New departures in anthropology New departures in anthropology. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11830668 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE COGNITIVE CHALLENGE; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; One: Why anthropologists cannot avoid cognitive issues and what they gain from these; The negative side of the book; The constructive side of the book; Two: Innateness and social scientists fears; Does acknowledging a genetic factor in cognition imply racist or sexist beliefs?; The significance of cultural knowledge for human beings; Three: How anthropology abandoned a naturalist epistemology: a cognitive perspective on the history of anthropology.