Cognitive Foundations Of Natural History: Towards An Anthropology Of Science

What enables humans to think scientifically? This book traces the development of Natural History from Aristotle to Darwin, demonstrating how the science of plants and animals emerged from common conceptions of folk biology. It applies a 'cognitive' perspective to explaining successive scientific incarnations and mutations of 'mankinds original stock of ideas'.

• | By (Author): Scott Atran
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• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 29, 1993
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 376 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780521438711