Culture, Nature, Memes Book

Introduction vii

I Culture

1 Cultural Discourse Analysis and the Cognitive Process Paul van den Hoven 2

2 Learning from Others: Testimony and the Epistemic Status of Testimony-Based Beliefs Axel Gelfert 34

3 Dreaming of Consciousness Barry Hartley Slater 57

II Nature

4 The Emergence of Intentionality Peter Simons 78

5 Language, Thought and Mute Animals Simone Gozzano 88

6 Thoughts of Rivals, Thoughts of Failure: How Emotions Shape Our Thoughts Heidi L. Maibom 101

7 50,000 Innate Concepts? Pinker's Attack on Extreme Concept Nativism Mark J. Cain 117

III Memes

8 Culture and Language as Social Construction: A Case Against Cultural Difference Sandra Egege 132

9 Can Memes Play Games? Memetics and the Problem of Space Thorsten Botz-Bornstein 142

10 Let the Meme be (a Meme): Insisting too much on the Genetic Analogy will Turn it into a Straightjacket Francisco Gil-White 158

11 Memes, Mind and Normativity Yujian Zheng 191

Notes 202

Bibliography 209

List of Contributors 227

Index 230