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Modes of thought : explorations in culture and cognition

Is human rationality essentially the same through historical epochs and across dramatically different cultural contexts? Or is rationality itself a particular cultural goal and cultural achievement? Thirteen leading scholars examine the issues of universality and diversity from anthropological, historical, psychological, developmental and educational perspectives.
Print Book, English, 1996
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], 1996
Congresos, conferencias, etc
viii, 305 p. ; 24 cm
9780521566445, 9780521496100, 0521566444, 0521496101
318402832
1. Introduction David R. Olson; Part I. The History of Thought: 2. Science in antiquity: the Greek and Chinese cases and their relevance to the problems of culture and cognition Geoffrey Lloyd; 3. Relations of analogy and identity Stanley J. Tambiah; 4. Self, narrative and memory: reflections on Augustine, Petrarch, and Descartes Brian Stock; 5. Normal people Ian Hacking; 6. Modes of reasoning and the politics of authority in the modern state Yaron Ezrahi; Part II. The Anthropology of Thought: 7. Frames for thinking: ways of making meaning Jerome S. Bruner; 8. Autobiography and fiction as modes of thought Carol F. Feldman and David Kalmar; 9. Inference in narrative and science Keith Oatley; 10. Literate mentalities: literacy, consciousness of language and modes of thought David R. Olson; 11. Mythology and analogy Cameron Shelley and Paul Thagard; Part III. The Development and Education of Thought: 12. Cognitive domains as modes of thought Susan Carey; 13. Modes of thinking about living kinds: science, symbolism, and common sense Scott Atran; 14. Is good thinking scientific thinking? Deanna Kuhn; 15. Network, the verb, and the appeal of collaborative modes of instruction and thought Myron Tuman.
Ponencias presentadas originalmente en un taller llevado a cabo en la Universidad de Toronto
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