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A claim for cognitive history

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2019

Henry M. Cowles Open the ORCID record for Henry M. Cowles [Opens in a new window]  and
Jamie Kreiner
Henry M. Cowles
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Department of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1003cowles@umich.eduhttps://lsa.umich.edu/history/people/faculty/henry-cowles.html
Jamie Kreiner
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Department of History, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. jkreiner@uga.eduhttp://history.uga.edu/directory/people/jamie-kreiner
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Abstract

History is a potential tool for cognitive scientists interested in metacognitive categories like “creativity” and “innovation.” As a way of thinking, history suggests alternative accounts of the development of innovation and growth, for example. Life History Theory is one such account, but its roots in the Industrial Revolution make it a problematic tool for telling the history of that period.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e197
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