The evolution of cultural entities
By: edited by Michael Wheeler, John Ziman & Margaret A. Boden.
Contributors: Wheeler, Michael, 1960-; Ziman, J. M. 1925-; Boden, Margaret A.; British Academy.
Series: Proceedings of the British Academy,; 112
Publisher: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Social evolution -- Congresses.; Culture -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: Ever since Darwin, scholars have noted that cultural entities such as languages, laws and theories seem to evolve through variation, selection and replication. These essays consider whether this comparison is just a metaphor.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Most of the papers published here are revised versions of talks given at a discussion meeting on this specific theme, held on 14-15 April 1999 at the British Academy, in London"--Pref.