Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science, London.
Top Cogn Sci. 2012 Jul;4(3):453-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01191.x. Epub 2012 May 14.
Anthropology combines two quite different enterprises: the ethnographic study of particular people in particular places and the theorizing about the human species. As such, anthropology is part of cognitive science in that it contributes to the unitary theoretical aim of understanding and explaining the behavior of the animal species Homo sapiens. This article draws on our own research experience to illustrate that cooperation between anthropology and the other sub-disciplines of cognitive science is possible and fruitful, but it must proceed from the recognition of anthropology's unique epistemology and methodology.
对特定地点的特定人群进行民族志研究，以及对人类物种进行理论化研究。因此，人类学是认知科学的一部分，因为它有助于实现理解和解释智人动物物种行为的单一理论目标。本文借鉴了我们自己的研究经验，说明人类学与认知科学的其他子学科之间的合作是可能的并且富有成效的，但必须从认识人类学独特的认识论和方法论开始。
