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The Evolution of Cultural Entities (Hardcover): Michael Wheeler, John Ziman, Margaret A. Boden

The Evolution of Cultural Entities (Hardcover)

Michael Wheeler, John Ziman, Margaret A. Boden

Series: Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. 112

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Ever since Darwin, scholars have noted that cultural entities such as languages, laws, firms and theories seem to 'evolve' through sequences of variation, selection and replication, in many ways just like living organisms. These essays consider whether this comparison is 'just a metaphor', or whether modern evolutionary theory can help us to understand the dynamics of different cultural domains.

The 'evolutionary paradigm of rationality' has a significant role to play throughout the human sciences, but raises complex issues in every cultural context where it is applied. By fostering discussion between scholars from a wide range of research traditions, this volume aims to influence the evolution of all of them.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. 112
Release date: October 2002
Editors: Michael Wheeler (Lecturer in Philosophy) • John Ziman (Emeritus Professor of Physics) • Margaret A. Boden (Professor of Philosophy and Psychology)
Dimensions: 244 x 162 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-726262-7
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN: 0-19-726262-7
Barcode: 9780197262627

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