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Intersubjectivity and social learning: Representation of beliefs enables the accumulation of cultural knowledge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2021

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Carles Salazar*
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Department of Art and Social History (Anthropology Program), Faculty of Arts, University of Lleida, Plaça Víctor Siurana, 1, E25003 Lleida, Spain. Carles.salazar@udl.cat; http://www.hahs.udl.cat/ca/personal-academic/pagina-1/carles-salazar-carrasco/
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Abstract

I accept the main thesis of the article according to which representation of knowledge is more basic than representation of belief. But I question the authors’ contention that humans' unique capacity to represent belief does not underwrite the capacity for the accumulation of cultural knowledge.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e168
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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