The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans
Stanley I. Greenspan • Grand Central Publishing • ISBN-13 978‑0306814495
The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans
Stanley I. Greenspan • Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 1764881648 · ISBN-13: 978‑0306814495 · 2006
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Stanley I. Greenspan and Stuart G. Shanker challenge the prevailing biological determinism of the cognitive revolution by proposing that symbolic thinking and language are products of cultural transmission rather than innate genetic programming.
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