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Developing scaffolds in evolution, culture, and cognition /

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'Scaffolding' is a concept that is becoming widely used across disciplines. This book investigates common threads in diverse applications of scaffolding, including theoretical biology cognitive science, social theory, science and technology studies, and human development. Despite its wides...

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Other Authors: Caporael, Linnda R. (Editor), Griesemer, James R. (Editor), Wimsatt, William C. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Series:Vienna series in theoretical biology
Subjects:
Social evolution.
Evolution (Biology) > Social aspects.
Human evolution > Philosophy.
Cultural fusion.
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'Scaffolding' is a concept that is becoming widely used across disciplines. This book investigates common threads in diverse applications of scaffolding, including theoretical biology cognitive science, social theory, science and technology studies, and human development. Despite its widespread use, the concept of scaffolding is often given short shrift; the contributors to this volume offer a more fully developed analysis of scaffolding that highlights the role of temporal and temporary resources in development broadly conceived, across concepts of culture, cognition, and evolution.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 426 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:9781461952367
1461952360
0262314789
9780262314787
9781306140645
1306140641
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262019552.001.0001