?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=CONCEPTUAL+TOOLS+FOR+A+NATURAL+SCIENCE+OF+SOCIETY+AND+CULTURE&rft.creator=Sperber%2C+Dan&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=This+is+the+text+of+the+Radcliffe-Brown+Lecture+in+Social+Anthopology+1999+(To+appear+in+the+Proceedings+of+the+British+Academy).+In+it%2C+I+argue+that+to+approach+society+and+culture+in+a+naturalistic+way%2C+the+domain+of+the+social+sciences+must+be+reconceptualised+by+recognising+only+entities+and+processes+of+which+we+have+a+naturalistic+understanding.+These+are+mental+representations+and+public+productions%2C+the+processes+that+causally+link+them%2C+the+causal+chains+that+bond+these+links%2C+and+the+complex+webs+of+such+causal+chains+that+criss-cross+human+populations+over+time+and+space.+Such+causal+chains+may+distribute+and+stabilise+representations+and+productions+throughout+a+human+population%2C+thereby+generating+culture.+The+lecture+introduces+several+conceptual+tools+useful+for+such+a+naturalistic+approach%2C+and+illustrates+their+use+with+the+case+study+of+ritual+activity+in+a+Southern+Ethiopian+household.&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F404%2F1%2FRad-Brow.htm&rft.identifier=++Sperber%2C+Dan++(1999)+CONCEPTUAL+TOOLS+FOR+A+NATURAL+SCIENCE+OF+SOCIETY+AND+CULTURE.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F404%2F