The Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature
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- Paperback
342 pages
- Release Date
22 January 2010
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.Surveys show that our growing concern over protecting the environment is accompanied by a diminishing sense of human contact with nature. Many people have little commonsense knowledge about nature-are unable, for example, to identify local plants and trees or describe ho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262514088 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262514087 |
| Author: | Scott Atran, Douglas L. Medin |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bradford Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 342 |
| Release Date: | 22 January 2010 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Life and Mind: Philosophical Issues in Biology and Psychology |
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The Native Mind is a milestone in interdisciplinary work. Through painstaking analysis of deeply complex phenomena, Atran and Medin make significant advances in our understanding of cognition in context.
—N.J. Enfield, Times Literary SupplementAbout The Author
Scott Atran
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).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.
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