Baggs, E;
Raja, V;
Anderson, ML;
(2019)
Culture in the world shapes culture in the head (and vice versa).
[Editorial comment].
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
, 42
, Article e172. 10.1017/s0140525x19001079.
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Abstract
We agree with Heyes that an explanation of human uniqueness must appeal to cultural evolution, and not just genes. Her account, though, focuses narrowly on internal cognitive mechanisms. This causes her to mischaracterize human behavior and to overlook the role of material culture. A more powerful account would view cognitive gadgets as spanning organisms and their (shared) environments.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Culture in the world shapes culture in the head (and vice versa) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0140525x19001079 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X19001079 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10081615 |
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