Defining and explaining culture (comments on Richerson and Boyd, Not by genes alone) |
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Authors: | Dan Sperber Nicolas Claidière |
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Institution: | (1) Institut Jean Nicod (CNRS/EHESS/ENS), 1bis avenue Lowendal, 75007 Paris, France |
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Abstract: | We argue that there is a continuum of cases without any demarcation between more individual and more cultural information,
and that therefore “culture” should be viewed as a property that human mental representations and practices exhibit to a varying
degree rather than as a type or a subclass of these representations and practices (or of “information”). We discuss the relative
role of preservative and constructive processes in transmission. We suggest a revision of Richerson and Boyd’s classification
of the forces of cultural evloution. |
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Keywords: | Boyd Cognition Cultural evolution Culture Richerson |
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