Folkbiology /
Folkbiology /
edited by Douglas L. Medin and Scott Atran.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �1999.
- 1 online resource (ix, 504 pages) : illustrations
- Bradford book. .
"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Ethno-ornithology of the Ketengban People, Indonesian New Guinea / Size as Limiting the Recognition of Biodiversity in Folkbiological Classifications: One of Four Factors Governing the Cultural Recognition of Biological Taxa / How a Folkbotanical System Can Be Both Natural and Comprehensive: One Maya Indian's View of the Plant World / Models of Subsistence and Ethnobiological Knowledge: Between Extraction and Cultivation in Southeast Asia / Itzaj Maya Folkbiological Taxonomy: Cognitive Universals and Cultural Particulars / Inductive Reasoning in Folkbiological Thought / The Dubbing Ceremony Revisited: Object Naming and Categorization in Infancy and Early Childhood / Mechanism and Explanation in the Development of Biological Thought: The Case of Disease / A Developmental Perspective on Informal Biology / Mechanical Causality in Children's "Folkbiology" / How Biological Is Essentialism? / Natural Kinds and Supraorganismal Individuals / Are Whales Fish? / Interdisciplinary Dissonance / Douglas L. Medin, Scott Atran -- Jared Diamond, K. David Bishop -- Eugene Hunn -- Brent Berlin -- Roy Ellen -- Scott Atran -- John D. Coley, Douglas L. Medin, Julia Beth Proffitt, Elizabeth Lynch, Scott Atran -- Sandra R. Waxman -- Frank C. Keil, Daniel T. Levin, Bethany A. Richman, Grant Gutheil -- Giyoo Hatano, Kayoko Inagaki -- Terry Kit-fong Au, Laura F. Romo -- Susan A. Gelman, Lawrence A. Hirschfeld -- Michael T. Ghiselin -- John Dupre -- David L. Hull.
Access restricted to York University faculty, staff and students.
English.
9780262279611 0262279614 0585335990 9780585335995
3042 MIT Press 9780262279611 MIT Press
98050861
Ethnobiology.
Folklore.
Cognition and culture.
Folklore.
Culture.
SCIENCE--Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Cognition and culture.
Ethnobiology.
Folklore.
Ethnozoologie
Ethnobotanik
Umwelt
Taxonomie
Lokales Wissen
Etnobiologie.
Classificatie.
Cognitie.
Anthropology.
Social Sciences.
Social & Cultural Anthropology.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Folklore.
Folk literature.
Folklore.
Folk literature.
GN476.7 / .F65 1999eb
306.4/5
"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Ethno-ornithology of the Ketengban People, Indonesian New Guinea / Size as Limiting the Recognition of Biodiversity in Folkbiological Classifications: One of Four Factors Governing the Cultural Recognition of Biological Taxa / How a Folkbotanical System Can Be Both Natural and Comprehensive: One Maya Indian's View of the Plant World / Models of Subsistence and Ethnobiological Knowledge: Between Extraction and Cultivation in Southeast Asia / Itzaj Maya Folkbiological Taxonomy: Cognitive Universals and Cultural Particulars / Inductive Reasoning in Folkbiological Thought / The Dubbing Ceremony Revisited: Object Naming and Categorization in Infancy and Early Childhood / Mechanism and Explanation in the Development of Biological Thought: The Case of Disease / A Developmental Perspective on Informal Biology / Mechanical Causality in Children's "Folkbiology" / How Biological Is Essentialism? / Natural Kinds and Supraorganismal Individuals / Are Whales Fish? / Interdisciplinary Dissonance / Douglas L. Medin, Scott Atran -- Jared Diamond, K. David Bishop -- Eugene Hunn -- Brent Berlin -- Roy Ellen -- Scott Atran -- John D. Coley, Douglas L. Medin, Julia Beth Proffitt, Elizabeth Lynch, Scott Atran -- Sandra R. Waxman -- Frank C. Keil, Daniel T. Levin, Bethany A. Richman, Grant Gutheil -- Giyoo Hatano, Kayoko Inagaki -- Terry Kit-fong Au, Laura F. Romo -- Susan A. Gelman, Lawrence A. Hirschfeld -- Michael T. Ghiselin -- John Dupre -- David L. Hull.
Access restricted to York University faculty, staff and students.
English.
9780262279611 0262279614 0585335990 9780585335995
3042 MIT Press 9780262279611 MIT Press
98050861
Ethnobiology.
Folklore.
Cognition and culture.
Folklore.
Culture.
SCIENCE--Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Cognition and culture.
Ethnobiology.
Folklore.
Ethnozoologie
Ethnobotanik
Umwelt
Taxonomie
Lokales Wissen
Etnobiologie.
Classificatie.
Cognitie.
Anthropology.
Social Sciences.
Social & Cultural Anthropology.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Folklore.
Folk literature.
Folklore.
Folk literature.
GN476.7 / .F65 1999eb
306.4/5