History and Human Nature: Cross-cultural Universals and Cultural Relativities

Abstract

This contribution is part of a special issue on History and Human Nature, comprising an essay by G.E.R. Lloyd and fifteen invited responses.

Keywords

HISTORY AND HUMAN NATURE COGNITION ANTHROPOLOGY DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY TAXONOMY ONTOLOGY CULTURE WORLD VIEWS

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