Brains/Practices/Relativism - 9780226817392

The University of Chicago Press

Brains/Practices/RelativismSocial Theory after Cognitive Science\nAuthor(s): Stephen Turner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226817392, 978-0226817392\nSynopsis\nBrains/Practices/Relativism presents the first major rethinking of social theory in light of cognitive science. Stephen P. Turner focuses especially on connectionism, which views learning as a process of adaptation to input that, in turn, leads to patterns of response distinct to each individual. This means that there is no common \""server\"" from which people ---- shared frameworks that enable them to cooperate or communicate. Therefore, argues Turner, \""practices\"" - in the sense that the term is widely used in the social sciences and humanities - is a myth, and so are the \""cultures\"" that are central to anthropological and sociological thought. In a series of tightly argued essays, Turner traces out the implications that discar.