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The role of psychology in the study of culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2006

Daniel Kelly ,
Edouard Machery ,
Ron Mallon ,
Kelby Mason  and
Stephen P. Stich
Daniel Kelly*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ08901-2882http://www.pitt.edu/~machery/
Edouard Machery*
Affiliation:
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA15260http://www.philosophy.utah.edu/faculty/mallon/index.html/
Ron Mallon*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT84112http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~stich/
Kelby Mason*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ08901-2882http://www.pitt.edu/~machery/
Stephen P. Stich*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ08901-2882http://www.pitt.edu/~machery/
*
dankelly@rci.rutgers.edu
machery@pitt.edu
rmallon@philosophy.utah.edu
mason@philosophy.rutgers.edu
stich@ruccs.rutgers.edu
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Abstract:

Although we are enthusiastic about a Darwinian approach to culture, we argue that the overview presented in the target article does not sufficiently emphasize the crucial explanatory role that psychology plays in the study of culture. We use a number of examples to illustrate the variety of ways by which appeal to psychological factors can help explain cultural phenomena.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , August 2006 , pp. 355
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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