Introduction. The sapient mind: archaeology meets neuroscience

Renfrew, Colin; Frith, C. D.; Malafouris, Lambros

doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0016

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“…What you are saying is very interesting because -in fact there's going to be a meeting in September in Cambridge about this (see Renfrew, Frith, and Malafouris 2009) -but there's a sort of paleontological question, as you rightly say we are very much altered by our language, our material culture, but presumably our brains have not actually changed for several thousands years. What were the people like before they had…this -I don't know the details in full, but the development of stone tools -they kept it at a very similar level for several thousands of years, and then suddenly it started to increase, presumably because of the influence of the culture, rather than following a change in the brain.…”

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What is consciousness for?

Frith

2010

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In the first talk I discuss recent experiments designed to elucidate the neural correlates of consciousness. Implicit in this discussion are operational definitions of what I mean by consciousness. In the second talk I explore the extent to which we are conscious of being in control of our actions, our sense of agency. I raise the question of why we need to be aware of actions at all since we can achieve so much without such awareness. In the final talk I propose that consciousness has a critical role in social interactions. Consciousness of action allows us to assign responsibility and develop culturally acceptable justifications for action. Furthermore, consciousness enables us to share our experiences in a manner that is optimal for group decisions.

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What is consciousness for?

Frith

2010

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“…A thorough, far-reaching collection of papers on 4E (embodied, embedded, enactive, and extended) cognition. Renfrew, C., Frith, C., & Malafouris, L. (2008). (See Re ferences).…”

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Thinking as “Thinging”: Psychology With Things

Malafouris

2019

Curr Dir Psychol Sci

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We live and we think inside a world of things made and found. Still, psychological science has shown little interest in understanding the exact nature of the relation between cognition and material culture. As a result, the diachronic influence and transformative potential of things in human mental life remains little understood. Most psychologists would see things as external and passive: the lifeless objects of human consciousness, perception, and memory. On the contrary, my main argument in this article is that things matter to human psychology and should be taken seriously. Although things usually pass unnoticed, they are anything but trivial. Things have a special place in human cognitive life and evolution. We think “with” and “through” things, not simply “about” things. In that sense, things occupy the middle space in between what are usually referred to as mind and matter. Material-engagement theory provides a way to describe and study that middle space where brain, body, and culture are conflated.

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“…Some of the basic aspects of prehistoric rock art studied so far by the scholars are: rock art as "ritual and magic," 15,16,17 as "symbolic and metaphoric practice," 18 as "territorial marker," 19 with an "ecological approach," 20,21,22 and as "an external memory store." 23 The images of animals, cervid, bovid, equuas and elephus are painted in shelters where artists, who portrayed these images, would have come into regular contact with the animals. On the cave walls animal motifs predominate and are painted repeatedly (Table 2).…”

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Living Tradition: A Study of Prehistoric Rock-paintings and Indigenous Art from District Sonbhadra, Southern Uttar Pradesh, India

Chattopadhyaya¹

2016

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In this I intend to weave together some emerging ideas on how to approach prehistoric art forms and art styles from an ethno-archaeological perspective by analyzing local tribal art traditions in the Kaimur region, in the district Sonbhadra, southern Uttar Pradesh (henceforth, U.P.), India. Prehistoric art is rooted in human evolution and has emerged gradually for finding solutions to many challenges of survival by people since 10,000 years ago. After studying more than twelve painted rock shelters of Prehistoric period, I have explored the art traditions and material culture of living tribal populations of Kol and Bhil in this area. This paper attempts to find out (i) how far back we could trace cultural roots and (ii) whether there is continuity in the cultural tradition (Paramparā) between the past and the present.

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Introduction. The sapient mind: archaeology meets neuroscience

Cited by 52 publications

References 13 publications

What is consciousness for?

What is consciousness for?

Thinking as “Thinging”: Psychology With Things

Living Tradition: A Study of Prehistoric Rock-paintings and Indigenous Art from District Sonbhadra, Southern Uttar Pradesh, India

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