Towards Historical Cognitive Science: The Case of Ancient Greece
N. Miyake, D. Peebles, & R. P. Cooper (Eds.), Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1602-1607), Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society
6 Pages Posted: 30 Jul 2012
Date Written: July 29, 2012
Abstract
This study rests on the two basic ideas: that there has been a visible development of cognitive skills from the Antiquity to nowadays, and that the text analysis is the only way to bring it out. The author addresses the three eminent works: Euclid’s Elements and the historical treatises by Herodotus and Thucydides to reveal the notable peculiarities of the Ancient Greeks’ cognitive style in comparison with the current cognitive models.
Keywords: cognitive style, Ancient Greek culture, field dependency, Euclid’s Elements, Herodotus, Thucydides
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