| Cognitive Foundations of Natural History: Towards an Anthropology of Science Contributor(s): Atran, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521438713 ISBN-13: 9780521438711 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $53.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1993 Annotation: What is it about human nature that makes our species capable of thinking scientifically? Inspired by a debate between Noam Chomsky and Jean Piaget, Scott Atran traces the development of natural history from Aristotle to Darwin, and demonstrates how the science of plants and animals has emerged from the common conceptions of folkbiology. The author proceeds not only from the more traditional philosophical, historical or sociological perspectives, but from a point of view he considers more basic and necessary to all of these: that of cognition. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 303.45 |
| LCCN: 89036129 |
| Series: Msh |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.08" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 376 pages |
