Turning Tides: Prospects for More Diversity in Cognitive Science

  1. Andrea Bender1,2,
  2. Sieghard Beller1,2,
  3. Douglas L. Medin3

Article first published online: 8 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01202.x

Issue

Topics in Cognitive Science

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volume 4, Issue 3, pages 462–466, July 2012

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How to Cite

Bender, A., Beller, S. and Medin, D. L. (2012), Turning Tides: Prospects for More Diversity in Cognitive Science. Topics in Cognitive Science, 4: 462–466. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01202.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg

  2. 2

    Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University

  3. 3

    Department of Psychology, Northwestern University

* should be sent to Andrea Bender, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Engelbergerstr. 41, Freiburg, Germany, D-79085. E-mail: bender@psychologie.uni-freiburg.de

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 JUL 2012
  2. Article first published online: 8 JUN 2012
  3. Received 28 March 2012; accepted 15 April 2012

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Keywords:

  • Anthropology;
  • Cognitive science;
  • Culture;
  • Universals and diversity;
  • Interdisciplinarity

Abstract

This conclusion of the debate on anthropology’s role in cognitive science provides some clarifications and an overview of emergent themes. It also lists, as cases of good practice, some examples of productive cross-disciplinary collaboration that evince a forward momentum in the relationship between anthropology and the other cognitive sciences.

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