Does Cognitive Structure Ground Social Structure? The Case of the Radical Enlightenment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12823069 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurence Fiddick (Lakehead University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 317-337 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cognition and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1567-7095 • E-ISSN: 1568-5373 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685373-12340087 |
| OpenAlex | W3080334650 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
Cross-culturally two widely observed forms of social structure are individualism (open societies) and ascribed hierarchies (closed societies). Associated with these two types of social structure are a wide range of recurrent concomitant features. It is proposed that these two forms of social structure are common, in part, because they are associated with modular forms of understanding that lend intuitive support to them. In particular, it is proposed that individualistic open societies are associated with a folk-physics mode of construal whereas closed societies are associated with a folk-biological mode of construal. These distinctions are illustrated with the European Enlightenment as a hypothesized transition from closed to open societies
Cognition · Common ground · Construal level theory · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Individualism · Metaphysics · Philosophy of mind · Political science · Sociology · Child and Animal Learning Development · Cultural Differences and Values · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |