A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology PDF
Edited by David B. Kronenfeld, Giovanni Bennardo, Victor C. de Munck, Michael D. Fischer
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A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key essays by leading scholars.
- Demonstrates the importance of cognitive anthropology as an early constituent of the cognitive sciences
- Examines how culturally shared and complex cognitive systems work, how they are structured, how they differ from one culture to another, how they are learned and passed on
- Explains how cultural (or collective) vs. individual knowledge distinguishes cognitive anthropology from cognitive psychology
- Examines recent theories and methods for studying cognition in real-world scenarios
- Contains twenty-nine key essays by leading names in the field
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- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:08/02/2011
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- ISBN:9781444394917
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Wiley
- Publication Date:08/02/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781444394917