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The “core meme” meme

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1998

Robert Aunger
Affiliation:
King's College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1ST, United [email protected]

Abstract

Differences in mutation rates, transmission chain-length, phenotypic manifestations, or the relative complexity of the mental representations in which they are embedded do not distinguish between “core” (intramodular) and “developing” (intermodular) memes, as Atran suggests. Dividing memes into types seems premature when our knowledge of mental representation is as imprecise as the unit of biological inheritance was in Darwin's time.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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