The need for systematic ethnopsychology: The ontological status of mentalistic terminology

@article{Turner2012TheNF,
  title={The need for systematic ethnopsychology: The ontological status of mentalistic terminology},
  author={R. Turner},
  journal={Anthropological Theory},
  year={2012},
  volume={12},
  pages={29 - 42}
}
  • R. Turner
  • Published 2012
  • Sociology
  • Anthropological Theory
The conceptual foundations and ontology of cognitive neuroscience are rarely analysed in cross-cultural perspective, although they are manifestly the outcome of historical currents in specifically Western psychological science. How robust such concepts are, and how generalizable to other cultures, is thus quite problematic. Users of empirical techniques in imaging neuroscience are now actively exploring such topics as attention, volition, emotion and empathy, but with little awareness of how… Expand
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