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social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > cognitive sciences, neurosciences, and social explanation > cognitive anthropology and mental architecture
social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > philosophy and anthropology > cognitive anthropology and mental architecture

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cognitive anthropology and mental architecture  

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  • Cognitive anthropology studies the collective structures, and their content, that make up culture. This entry introduces the novel field of cognitive anthropology; explains the importance of the notion of mental architecture in studying concept acquisition and concept extension, especially in social contexts involving essentially collective conceptual categories; highlights the importance of cognitive anthropology and cognitive sciences cross-fertilizing each other; and presents in detail the kind of groundbreaking approach to the collective cognitive structures underlying social interaction, particularly in different cultures, which this discipline has put forward. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Cognitive Anthropology and Mental Architecture]

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