Cognition in and Out of the Mind: Advances in Cultural Model Theory

This edited collection seeks to present a new, well-defined agenda for the interdisciplinary study of anthropology and cognitive science. Featuring fifteen chapters written by international experts as well as emerging voices in the fields of anthropology, linguistics, archaeology, philosophy, and cognitive science, this book aims to investigate the mental production of shared knowledge, goals, and desires around which human social life revolves. The coverage spans biological, cultural, and linguistic evolution; the importance of local histories and their ontological particulars; the effects of socio-cultural processes and technological change; the role of cultural models as mental constructs to understand and interact with the world.
Drawing on cultural model theory, this volume is an invaluable resource for linguists, cognitive scientists, anthropologists, and other social scientists willing to explore and understand how the sharedness of culture can bond us all together across relative cultural differences and (mis)perceived divisions.