Biological and Cultural Bases of Human Inference

Herausgeber: Viale, Riccardo; Hirschfeld, Lawrence A; Andler, Daniel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Biological and Cultural Bases of Human Inference" addresses the interface between social science and cognitive science. The volume updates the debate between innatism and culturalism regarding human cognitive abilities, exploring which human social

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780805853957
• ISBN-10: 0805853952
• Artikelnr.: 22418578

Autorenporträt

Riccardo Viale, Daniel Andler, Lawrence A. Hirschfeld

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. R. Viale
Introduction: Local or Universal Principles of Reasoning? R. Viale
D. Osherson
Cognitive Development
Culture
and Inductive Judgment. R.E. Nisbett
T. Masuda
Culture and Point of View. A. Norenzayan
Cultural Variation in Reasoning. S. Atran
D.L. Medin
N. Ross
Thinking About Biology: Modular Constraints on Categorization and Reasoning in the Everyday Life of Americans
Maya
and Scientists. L.A. Hirschfeld
Who Needs a Theory of Mind? J. Perner
A. Kühberger
Framing and the Theory-Simulation Controversy: Predicting People's Decisions. D. Sperber
An Evolutionary Perspective on Testimony and Argumentation. J.M. Weinberg
S. Nichols
S. Stich
Normativity and Epistemic Intuitions. L. Macchi
M. Bagassi
Probabilistic Reasoning and Natural Language.