Cognitive Ecologies and the History of Remembering [electronic resource] : Religion, Education and Memory in Early Modern England /
Tribble, E.author.
Keene, N.author.
This book unites research in philosophy and cognitive science with cultural history to re-examine memory in early modern religious practices. Offering an ecological approach to memory and culture, it argues that models derived from Extended Mind and Distributed Cognition can bridge the gap between individual and social models of memory.
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Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Cognitive Ecologies, Distributed Cognition, Extended Mind and Memory Studies; 2 Attention, Coordination and Memory in Pious Practice: Prayer and Catechism; 3 Sacred Space: The Reconfiguring of Cognitive Ecologies in the Parish Church; 4 Cognitive Ecologies and Group Identity: Print and Song; 5 Models of Mind and Memory in the Cognition of Religion: A Case Study in Early Quakerism; 6 Conclusion: Educational Systems and Mnemonic Priorities; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book unites research in philosophy and cognitive science with cultural history to re-examine memory in early modern religious practices. Offering an ecological approach to memory and culture, it argues that models derived from Extended Mind and Distributed Cognition can bridge the gap between individual and social models of memory.
Great Britain—History.
Europe—History—476-1492.
Civilization—History.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Philosophy of mind.
Religion—Philosophy.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Medieval Europe.
Cultural History.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Philosophy of Mind.
Philosophy of Religion.