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Cognition and Tool Use: The Blacksmith at Work

Cognition and Tool Use: The Blacksmith at Work

Keller, Charles M.
Keller, Janet D.
Charles M., Keller

Hardcover

Series: Learning in Doing

General PsychologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0521552397
ISBN13: 9780521552394
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Sep 28 1996
Pages: 220
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.24 Depth: 9.29
Language: English
Taking their inspiration from the ancient skill of blacksmithing, the authors of this book take a fresh look at the mental processes involved in the accomplishment of goals. They analyze the way people apply what they know in order to reach a particular end, whether it is material or conceptual, routine or novel. The authors, anthropologists Janet and Charles Keller, provide an account of human accomplishment based on a detailed study of contemporary blacksmiths. The cognitive realm of blacksmithing is of particular interest because it relies on visual imagery and physical virtuosity rather than verbal logic, the conventional yardstick of cognition.

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