Ethno-logic
Subtitle: the anthropology of human reasoning
By: James F. Hamill.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Ethnopsychology.; Logic -- Cross-cultural studies.; Cognition and culture.; Language and culture.; Navajo Indians -- Psychology.
Description: Ethno-logic deals with reasoning patterns and how they are related to language and culture. James F. Hamill argues convincingly that, while all individuals worldwide are endowed with an inmate logical structure, people in different linguistic and cultural settings create unique meanings out of that knowledge.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [113]-119) and index.