Tool use as situated cognition
- PMID: 22697895
- DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X11002147
Tool use as situated cognition
Abstract
Vaesen disregards a plausible alternative to his position, and so fails to offer a compelling argument for unique cognitive mechanisms. We suggest an ecological alternative, according to which divergent relationships between organism and environment, not exotic neuroanatomy, are responsible for unique cognitive capacities. This approach is pertinent to claims about primate cognition; and on this basis, we argue that Vaesen's inference from unique skills to unique mechanisms is unwarranted.
Comment in
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From individual cognition to populational culture.Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug;35(4):245-62. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x11002196. Behav Brain Sci. 2012. PMID: 22966488
Comment on
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The cognitive bases of human tool use.Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Aug;35(4):203-18. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X11001452. Epub 2012 Jun 15. Behav Brain Sci. 2012. PMID: 22697258
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