Maxine Sheets-Johnstone (1994) Paleolithic Cave Art:
. Psycoloquy: 5(52) Evolution Thinking (5)
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Psycoloquy 5(52): Paleolithic Cave Art:
PALEOLITHIC CAVE ART:
THE TACTILE-KINESTHETIC VS. THE VISUAL MODALITY
Reply to Steele on Evolution-Thinking
Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
Department of Philosophy
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
MSJ@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU
Abstract
This is a Reply to Steele's (1994) reformulation of the
problem of the origin of paleolithic cave art as the problem of
determining modality dominance. It raises critical questions
regarding visual provenience, points out the importance of
attending to corporeal matters of fact, and shows how and why a
corporeal turn points us rightfully in the direction of
understanding developmental intermodalities rather than modality
dominance.
Keywords
analogical thinking, animate form, concepts, evolution,
tactile-kinesthetic body.
References
- Lewis-Williams, J.D. and Dowson, T.A. (1988) The Signs of All Times. Current Anthropology 29: 201-217.
- Sheets-Johnstone, Maxine. (1990) The Roots of Thinking. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
- Sheets-Johnstone, Maxine. (1994) Precis of The Roots of Thinking. PSYCOLOQUY 5(8) evolution-thinking.1.sheets-johnstone.
- Steele, James. (1994) Hominid Sensory Modalities and Palaeolithic Data. PSYCOLOQUY 5(27) evolution-thinking.2.steele.