Folkbiology
$103.31
- Paperback
514 pages
- Release Date
8 June 1999
Summary
The term “folkbiology” refers to people’s everyday understanding of the biological world-how they perceive, categorize, and reason about living kinds. The study of folkbiology not only sheds light on human nature, it may ultimately help us make the transition to a global economy without irreparably damaging the environment or destroying local cultures.This book takes an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together the work of researchers in anthropology, cognitive and developmental psycholog…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262631921 |
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| ISBN-10: | 026263192X |
| Author: | Douglas L. Medin, Scott Atran |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 514 |
| Release Date: | 8 June 1999 |
| Weight: | 862g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Folkbiology |
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” Folk Biology is an excellent collection of original articlesthat will be a great aid to scholars and students interested inanthropological and psychological aspects of ethnobiology.” Ronald W. Casson , Department of Anthropology, Oberlin College
About The Author
Douglas L. Medin
Douglas L. Medin is Louis W. Menk Professor of Psychology and Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. He is the coauthor of The Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature and coeditor of Folkbiology, both published by the MIT Press.Scott Atran is Research Director in Anthropology at France’s National Center for Scientific Research and Visiting Professor of Psychology and Public Policy at the University of Michigan. He is the coeditor, with Douglas Medin, of Folkbiology (MIT Press, 1999).
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