?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Autocatalytic+Closure+in+a+Cognitive+System%3A+A+Tentative+Scenario+for+the+Origin+of+Culture&rft.creator=Gabora%2C+L.&rft.subject=Psycoloquy&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=This+paper+presents+a+speculative+model+of+the+cognitive+mechanisms+underlying+the+transition+from+episodic+to+mimetic+(or+memetic)+culture+with+the+arrival+of+Homo+erectus%2C+which+Donald+%5B1991%5D+claims+paved+the+way+for+the+unique+features+of+human+culture.+The+model+draws+on+Kauffman's+%5B1993%5D+theory+of+how+an+information-evolving+system+emerges+through+the+formation+of+an+autocatalytic+network.+Though+originally+formulated+to+explain+the+origin+of+life%2C+this+theory+also+provides+a+plausible+account+of+how+discrete+episodic+memories+become+woven+into+an+internal+model+of+the+world%2C+or+worldview%2C+that+both+structures%2C+and+is+structured+by%2C+self-triggered+streams+of+thought.+Social+interaction+plays+a+role+in+(and+may+be+critical+to)+this+process.+Implications+for+cognitive+development+are+explored.&rft.date=1998-12&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F975%2F1%2FACCS.htm&rft.identifier=++Gabora%2C+L.++(1998)+Autocatalytic+Closure+in+a+Cognitive+System%3A+A+Tentative+Scenario+for+the+Origin+of+Culture.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F975%2F