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How does social cognition shape enculturation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2020

John Michael
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive Science, Central European University, Budapest1051, Hungary. michaelj@ceu.edu
Leon de Bruin
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Radboud University Nijmegen, 6500 HD Nijmegen, The Netherlands. l.debruin@ftr.ru.nl

Abstract

Other people in our culture actively transform our behavioral dispositions and mental states by shaping them in various ways. In the following, we highlight three points which Veissière et al. may consider in leveraging their account to illuminate the dynamics by which this occurs, and in particular, to shed light on how social cognition supports, and is supported by, enculturation.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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