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Dan Sperber Biography

Cognitive scientist

Dan Sperber is a renowned cognitive scientist, born on June 20, 1942. His research focuses on cognitive psychology and cognitive anthropology, with in-depth studies on language, thought, and the transmission of culture.

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Author:Dan Sperber

“For memetics to be a reasonable research programme, it should be the case that copying, and differential success in causing the multiplication of copies, overwhelmingly plays the major role in shaping all or at least most of the contents of culture. Evolved domain-specific psychological dispositions, if there are any, should be at most a relatively minor factor that could be considered part of background conditions.”

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Author:Dan Sperber

“Memeticists have to give empirical evidence to support the claim that, in the micro-processes of cultural transmission, elements of culture inherit all or nearly all their relevant properties from other elements of culture that they replicate.”

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Author:Dan Sperber

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Born: June 20, 1942
Known for: Cognitive scientist
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