| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 510 pages). |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; volume 22 |
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Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science ; v. 22.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction: Explaining Cultural Evolution: An Interdisciplinary Endeavor; 1. Articulating Babel: A Conceptual Geography for Cultural Evolution; 2. Scientific Agency and Social Scaffolding in Contemporary Data-Intensive Biology; 3. Creating Cognitive-Cultural Scaffolding in Interdisciplinary Research Laboratories; 4. Arches and Scaffolds: Bridging Continuity and Discontinuity in Theory; 5. Promiscuous Inventions: Modeling Cultural Evolution with Multiple Inheritance; 6. Patented Technology as a Model System for Cultural Evolution |
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7. Modeling the Coevolution of Religion and Coordination in Balinese Rice Farming8. Content Matters: The Materiality of Cultural Transmission and the Intersection of Paleolithic Archaeology with Cultural Evolutionary Theory; 9. The Evolution of Language as Technology: The Cultural Dimension; 10. Writing in Early Mesopotamia: The Historical Interplay of Technology, Cognition, and Environment; 11. Cultural Scaffolding and Technological Change: A Preliminary Framework; 12. The Evolution of the Social Self: Multidimensionality of Social Identity Solves the Coordination Problems of a Society |
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13. Wicked Systems and the Friction between "Old Theory and New Data" in Biology, Social Science, and ArchaeologyContributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 09, 2019). |
| Subject |
Social evolution.
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Culture diffusion.
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Évolution sociale.
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Diffusion culturelle.
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cultural diffusion.
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Culture diffusion
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Social evolution
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| Added Author |
Love, Alan C., editor.
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Wimsatt, William C., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beyond the meme. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019] 9781517906894 (DLC) 2018055274 |
| ISBN |
9781452961620 (electronic book) |
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145296162X (electronic book) |
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9781452961569 (electronic book) |
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1452961565 (electronic book) |
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9781517906894 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9781517906900 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000065839272 |
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