Intelligence and intelligibility : cross-cultural studies of human cognitive experience /

"This study investigates the tension between two conflicting intuitions, our twin recognitions: (1) that all humans share the same basic cognitive capacities; and yet (2) their actual manifestations in different individuals and groups differ appreciably. How can we reconcile our sense of what l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lloyd, G. E. R. (Geoffrey Ernest Richard), 1933- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Intellect > Cross-cultural studies. Intelligence > Études transculturelles. Social History. HISTORY. Eastern. PHILOSOPHY. Cognitive Psychology & Cognition. PSYCHOLOGY. Anthropology. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Intellect Electronic books. Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Where does the problem come from?
Modes of discourse and the pragmatics of communication
Magic: efficacy and felicity
The argument from language
The argument from sociability
Turning the tables: obstacles to mutual intelligibility
The evolutionary issues
Test case mathematics
Test case religion
Test case law
Test case aesthetics: art and music
Conclusion: towards more ecumenical analyses.