Developing Scaffolds in Evolution, Culture, and Cognition

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Cover of the book Developing Scaffolds in Evolution, Culture, and Cognition by Stuart A. Newman, James Allen Evans, Jeffrey C. Schank, Christopher J. May, Sanjay Joshi, Pamela Lyon, Georg Theiner, Christophe Heintz, Colin Allen, Sergio F. Martinez Muñoz, Elihu M. Gerson, Johann Peter Murmann, Iddo Tavory, Simona Ginsburg, Eva Jablonka, Shu-Chen Li, Barbara Horberg Wimsatt, James R. Griesemer, Linnda R. Caporael, William C. Wimsatt, The MIT Press
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Author: Stuart A. Newman, James Allen Evans, Jeffrey C. Schank, Christopher J. May, Sanjay Joshi, Pamela Lyon, Georg Theiner, Christophe Heintz, Colin Allen, Sergio F. Martinez Muñoz, Elihu M. Gerson, Johann Peter Murmann, Iddo Tavory, Simona Ginsburg, Eva Jablonka, Shu-Chen Li, Barbara Horberg Wimsatt, James R. Griesemer, Linnda R. Caporael, William C. Wimsatt ISBN: 9780262314794
Publisher: The MIT Press Publication: November 8, 2013
Imprint: The MIT Press Language: English
Author: Stuart A. Newman, James Allen Evans, Jeffrey C. Schank, Christopher J. May, Sanjay Joshi, Pamela Lyon, Georg Theiner, Christophe Heintz, Colin Allen, Sergio F. Martinez Muñoz, Elihu M. Gerson, Johann Peter Murmann, Iddo Tavory, Simona Ginsburg, Eva Jablonka, Shu-Chen Li, Barbara Horberg Wimsatt, James R. Griesemer, Linnda R. Caporael, William C. Wimsatt
ISBN: 9780262314794
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication: November 8, 2013
Imprint: The MIT Press
Language: English

Empirical and philosophical perspectives on scaffolding that highlight the role of temporal and temporary resources in development across concepts of culture, cognition, and evolution.

"Scaffolding" is a concept that is becoming widely used across disciplines. This book investigates common threads in diverse applications of scaffolding, including theoretical biology, cognitive science, social theory, science and technology studies, and human development. Despite its widespread use, the concept of scaffolding is often given short shrift; the contributors to this volume, from a range of disciplines, offer a more fully developed analysis of scaffolding that highlights the role of temporal and temporary resources in development, broadly conceived, across concepts of culture, cognition, and evolution.

The book emphasizes reproduction, repeated assembly, and entrenchment of heterogeneous relations, parts, and processes as a complement to neo-Darwinism in the developmentalist tradition of conceptualizing evolutionary change. After describing an integration of theoretical perspectives that can accommodate different levels of analysis and connect various methodologies, the book discusses multilevel organization; differences (and reciprocality) between individuals and institutions as units of analysis; and perspectives on development that span brains, careers, corporations, and cultural cycles.

Contributors
Colin Allen, Linnda R. Caporael, James Evans, Elihu M. Gerson, Simona Ginsburg, James R. Griesemer, Christophe Heintz, Eva Jablonka, Sanjay Joshi, Shu-Chen Li, Pamela Lyon, Sergio F. Martinez, Christopher J. May, Johann Peter Murmann, Stuart A. Newman, Jeffrey C. Schank, Iddo Tavory, Georg Theiner, Barbara Hoeberg Wimsatt, William C. Wimsatt

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Empirical and philosophical perspectives on scaffolding that highlight the role of temporal and temporary resources in development across concepts of culture, cognition, and evolution.

"Scaffolding" is a concept that is becoming widely used across disciplines. This book investigates common threads in diverse applications of scaffolding, including theoretical biology, cognitive science, social theory, science and technology studies, and human development. Despite its widespread use, the concept of scaffolding is often given short shrift; the contributors to this volume, from a range of disciplines, offer a more fully developed analysis of scaffolding that highlights the role of temporal and temporary resources in development, broadly conceived, across concepts of culture, cognition, and evolution.

The book emphasizes reproduction, repeated assembly, and entrenchment of heterogeneous relations, parts, and processes as a complement to neo-Darwinism in the developmentalist tradition of conceptualizing evolutionary change. After describing an integration of theoretical perspectives that can accommodate different levels of analysis and connect various methodologies, the book discusses multilevel organization; differences (and reciprocality) between individuals and institutions as units of analysis; and perspectives on development that span brains, careers, corporations, and cultural cycles.

Contributors
Colin Allen, Linnda R. Caporael, James Evans, Elihu M. Gerson, Simona Ginsburg, James R. Griesemer, Christophe Heintz, Eva Jablonka, Sanjay Joshi, Shu-Chen Li, Pamela Lyon, Sergio F. Martinez, Christopher J. May, Johann Peter Murmann, Stuart A. Newman, Jeffrey C. Schank, Iddo Tavory, Georg Theiner, Barbara Hoeberg Wimsatt, William C. Wimsatt

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