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Cognition in the Wild
Overview
Edwin Hutchins combines his background as an anthropologist and an open-ocean racing sailor in this account of how anthropological methods can be combined with cognitive theory to produce an new reading of cognitive science. Hutchins examines a set of phenomena that have fallen between psychology and anthropology, bringing to light a new set of relationships between culture and cognition. His conclusion illustrates the costs of ignoring the cultural nature of cognition, pointing to the ways in which contemporary cognitive science can be transformed by new meanings and interpretations.
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- ISBN-13: 9780262581462
- ISBN-10: 0262581469
- Publisher: MIT Press
- Publish Date: August 1996
- Dimensions: 10.16 x 6.7 x 0.73 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.51 pounds
- Page Count: 402
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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