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The Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (342 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262267410
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of NatureDDC classification:
  • 306.4/2
LOC classification:
  • BF311.A755 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Universals and Devolution: General Claims -- 3 Study Populations, Methods, and Models -- 4 Devolution and Relative Expertise -- 5 Development of Folkbiological Cognition -- 6 Culture as a Notional, Not Natural, Kind -- 7 Folkecology and the Spirit of the Commons: GardenExperiments in Mesoamerica -- 8 Cultural Epidemiology -- 9 Mental Models and Intergroup Conflict in North America -- 10 Conclusions and Projections -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: An analysis of the cognitive consequences of diminished contact with nature examines the relationship between how people think about the natural world and how they act on it, and how these are affected by cultural differences.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Universals and Devolution: General Claims -- 3 Study Populations, Methods, and Models -- 4 Devolution and Relative Expertise -- 5 Development of Folkbiological Cognition -- 6 Culture as a Notional, Not Natural, Kind -- 7 Folkecology and the Spirit of the Commons: GardenExperiments in Mesoamerica -- 8 Cultural Epidemiology -- 9 Mental Models and Intergroup Conflict in North America -- 10 Conclusions and Projections -- Notes -- References -- Index.

An analysis of the cognitive consequences of diminished contact with nature examines the relationship between how people think about the natural world and how they act on it, and how these are affected by cultural differences.

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