Deus Ex Machina: Technological Experience as a Cognitive Resource in Bronze Age Conceptualizations of Astronomical Phenomena
Mental recruitment of previous technological experience in conceptualizations of non-technological phenomena constitutes a specific kind of unintended cognitive effect of human technological activity. This paper discusses particular conceptual takes on a significant epistemic challenge faced by peop...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2014, Volume: 14, Issue: 5, Pages: 435-448 |
| Further subjects: | B
Conceptualization
technology
Bronze Age
transport
cosmology
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Volltext (Verlag) |