The rich detail of cultural symbol systems

Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Aug;37(4):434-5. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13003257.

Abstract

The goal of forming a science of intentional behavior requires a more richly detailed account of symbolic systems than is assumed by the authors. Cultural systems are not simply the equivalent in the ideational domain of culture of the purported Baldwin Effect in the genetic domain.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Behavioral Sciences*
  • Behaviorism*
  • Cultural Evolution*
  • Humans