ARE FOLK TAXONOMIES MEMES

Authors
SPERBER D
Citation
D. Sperber, ARE FOLK TAXONOMIES MEMES, Behavioral and brain sciences, 21(4), 1998, pp. 589-590
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
589 - 590
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1998)21:4<589:>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
This commentary stresses the importance of Atran's work for the develo pment of a new cognitive anthropology, hut questions both his particul ar use of Dawkins's ''meme'' model and the general usefulness of the m eme model for understanding folk-taxonomies as cultural phenomena.