The Native Mind and the Cultural Construction of Nature

by Douglas L. Medin and Scott Atran

Book Overview

An analysis of the cognitive consequences of diminished contact with nature examines the relationship between how people think about the natural world and how they act on it, and how these are affected by cultural differences.

Surveys show that our growing concern over protecting the environment is accompanied by a diminishing sense of human contact with nature. Many people have little commonsense knowledge about nature--are unable, for example,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262514087
• ISBN13: 9780262514088
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher