Past materials, past minds
The philosophy of cognitive paleoanthropology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4079710 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adrian Currie (0000-0003-2638-202X, University of Exeter, corresponding author), Anton Killin (0000-0003-3562-1731, Bielefeld University), Mathilde Lequin (0000-0001-8590-6650, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Andra Meneganzin (0000-0003-3641-3803, KU Leuven), Ross Pain (0000-0002-5354-6301, University of Bristol) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/phc3.13001 |
| OpenAlex | W4399773964 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 123 |
The philosophy of cognitive paleoanthropology involves three related tasks: (1) asking what inferences might be drawn from the paleontological and archaeological records to past cognition, behavior and culture; (2) constructing synthetic accounts of the evolution of distinctive hominin capacities; (3) exploring how results from cognitive paleoanthropology might inform philosophy. We introduce some distinctive cognitive paleoanthropological inferences and discuss their epistemic standing, before considering how attention to the material records and the practice of paleoanthropology can inform and transform philosophical approaches
Archaeology · Cognition · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Paleoanthropology · Philosophy of science · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Language and cultural evolution · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Psychology
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Stone tools, language and the brain in human evolution
Archaeology and cognitive evolution
Neandertal Demise
Cognitive Demands of Lower Paleolithic Toolmaking
The Reaction against Analogy
From hominins to humans
A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome
Evolution, revolution or saltation scenario for the emergence of modern cultures?
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Modern human incursion into Neanderthal territories 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France
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The Evolved Apprentice
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Pan‐Africanism vs. single‐origin of Homo sapiens
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Can human nature be saved
Ethnographic analogy, the comparative method, and archaeological special pleading
Speculation Made Material
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Human Nature in a Post-essentialist World
The false dichotomy
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |