ARE FOLK TAXONOMIES MEMES (CORRECTED VERSION OF 126BQ)

Authors
SPERBER D
Citation
D. Sperber, ARE FOLK TAXONOMIES MEMES (CORRECTED VERSION OF 126BQ), Behavioral and brain sciences, 21(4), 1998, pp. 589
Citations number
13
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
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1998)21:4<589:AFTM(V>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
This commentary stresses the importance of Atran's work for the develo pment of a new cognitive anthropology but questions both his particula r use of Dawkins's ''meme'' model and the general usefulness of the me me model for understanding folk-taxonomies as cultural phenomena.