No way around cross-cultural and cross-linguistic epistemology. (19th November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Machery, Edouard; Barrett, H. Clark; Stich, Stephen P.
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 44(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-11-19
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X20001831
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Phillips and colleagues claim that the capacity to ascribe knowledge is a "basic" capacity, but most studies reporting linguistic data reviewed by Phillips et al. were conducted in English with American participants – one of more than 6, 500 languages currently spoken. We highlight the importance of cross-cultural and cross-linguistic research when one is theorizing about fundamental human representational capacities.