不仅仅是象征:技术也可能与认知有不太直接的联系
1Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, Reading, UK a.g.milks@reading.ac.uk; https://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/dr-annemieke-milks.
The Behavioral and brain sciences
|January 14, 2025
概括
这项研究建议重新考虑认知与技术复杂性之间的联系,揭示早期工具中"隐藏"的复杂性. 它还批评技术进步的线性观点,将其与殖民观点联系起来.
科学领域:
- 考古学的考古学
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 技术的历史 技术的历史
背景情况:
- 人类认知与技术发展之间的关系是复杂的.
- 以前的研究已经探索了象征和认知,但早期技术的认知需求需要进一步调查.
- 经常假设技术进步的线性和渐进模型.
研究的目的:
- 重新评估认知与技术复杂性之间的联系的强度.
- 探索早期工具中"隐藏"复杂性的概念.
- 批判性地研究技术的线性和渐进性评估的起源.
主要方法:
- 早期武器的案例研究分析.
- 工具设计的象征和认知分析.
- 技术进步叙述的历史和后殖民时期批评.
主要成果:
- 早期的武器展示了"隐藏"的技术复杂性,并没有立即明显.
- 与早期工具创建和使用相关的认知需求是显著的.
- 严格的线性技术进步的概念受到挑战.
结论:
- 认知能力与技术复杂性深深交织在一起,甚至在人类早期的历史.
- 技术复杂性可能是微妙的,需要超越表面表现的细微评估.
- 对技术的线性和进步观点在历史上是偶然的,并受到殖民意识形态的影响.
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