Cognitive Gadgets The Cultural Evolution of Thinking

How did human minds become so different from those of other animals? What accounts for our capacity to understand the way the physical world works, to think ourselves into the minds of others, to gossip, read, tell stories about the past, and imagine the future? These questions are not new: they hav...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Heyes, Cecilia, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press [2018]
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009644239806719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Question and Many Answers
  • 2. Nature, Nurture, Culture
  • 3. Starter Kit
  • 4. Cultural Learning
  • 5. Selective Social Learning
  • 6. Imitation
  • 7. Mindreading
  • 8. Language
  • 9. Cultural Evolutionary Psychology
  • References
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index