Precís of A Natural History of Human Thinking

Authors

  • Michael Tomasello Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology,

Keywords:

thinking, shared intentionality, collective intentionality, normativity, evolution, perspective

Abstract

A précis of Michael Tomasello, A Natural History of Human Thinking (Harvard University Press, 2014).

References

Bermudez, J. (2003): Thinking without Words. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195159691.001.0001

Darwall, S. (2006): The Second-Person Standpoint: Respect, Morality, and Accountability. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Tomasello, M. (1999): The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Tomasello, M. (2008): Origins of Human Communication. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/7551.001.0001

Tomasello, M. and H. Rakoczy (2003): “What Makes Human Cognition Unique? From Individual to Shared to Collective Intentionality”. In: Millennial Perspective Series in Mind and Language 18, p. 121–147. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00217

Tomasello, M., M. Carpenter, J. Call, T. Behne and H. Moll (2005): “Understanding and Sharing Intentions: The Origins of Cultural Cognition”. In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28, p. 675–691. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05000129

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Published

2016-03-23

How to Cite

Tomasello, Michael. 2016. “Precís of A Natural History of Human Thinking”. Journal of Social Ontology 2 (1). Vienna, Austria:59-64. https://journalofsocialontology.org/index.php/jso/article/view/6841.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Book Symposium

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Copyright (c) 2016 Michael Tomasello

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