Introduction: Culture and the Innate Mind

Tom Simpson; Stephen Stich; Peter Carruthers; Stephen Laurence

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Introduction: Culture and the Innate Mind

Tom Simpson, Stephen Stich, Peter Carruthers, Stephen Laurence

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This chapter provides a brief history of some of the theoretical strands that form the backdrop to contemporary debates among nativists about the evolutionary and cognitive underpinnings of culture, and the ways that culture shapes the mind. Summaries of the contents of each of the chapters in the volume are also provided.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Culture and Cognition
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Volume	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199871209
ISBN (Print)	9780195310139
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195310139.003.0001
State	Published - May 1 2007

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Arts and Humanities(all)

Keywords

Behaviorism
Cognitive psychology
Culture
Evolutionary psychology
Innateness
Nativism vs. empiricism
Sociobiology
Universal grammar

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