Beyond the Meme: Development and Structure in Cultural Evolution
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Beyond the Meme: Development and Structure in Cultural Evolution
By (Author) Alan C. Love
Edited by William Wimsatt
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
23rd July 2019
United States
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Non Fiction
Impact of science and technology on society
303.4
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Paperback
576
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 51mm
Description
Interdisciplinary perspectives on cultural evolution that reject meme theory in favor of a complex understanding of dynamic change over time How do cultures change In recent decades, the concept of the meme, posited as a basic unit of culture analogous to the gene, has been central to debates about cultural transformation. Despite the appeal o
Reviews
"Beyond the Meme is a collection of thought-provoking essays dealing with the multifaceted complexity and wide diversity of cultural systems."Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science
"An appreciation of how development and structure can be brought to bear on specific problems."Evolutionary Studies
Author Bio
Alan C. Love is professor of philosophy and director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Minnesota.
William C. Wimsatt is Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the University of Chicago, and Winton Chair in the Liberal Arts and professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota. He is author of Re-Engineering Philosophy for Limited Beings: Piecewise Approximations to Reality.
