Table of Contents
Plenary Talk
The Role of Culture in the Emergence of Complex
Societies
Introduction
Inadequacy of Classical Mathematical Modeling:
Problem of Self-Modification
Explanatory Paradigm Physical Sciences
Explanatory Paradigm Biological Sciences
Explanatory Paradigm Cultural Framework
Three Paradigms for Modeling Evolution of Complex
Societies
Three Paradigms for Modeling Evolution of Complex
Societies (cont’d)
Three Paradigms for Modeling Evolution of Complex
Societies (cont’d)
Sequence of Societies
Groups of Individuals
Band society
Tribal Society (groups)
Tribal Society (lineages)
Tribal Society (political office)
Tribal Society (moieties)
Tribal Society (ritual)
Chiefdom (Simple)
Chiefdom (Complex)
State Structure (top down structure)
Shift from Simple to Complex Society
Simple Society
Complex Society
Shift from Simple to Complex Society
Kinship Identification and Calculation
Gao’s Calculation
Complexity of Genealogy compared to Simplification
Achieved through a Kinship Terminology Structure
Culture as a Constructed Reality
Culture as a Conceptual Structure
Symbolic Structure (model)
Symbolic Structure (graph)
Comparison of Two Kinship Terminologies
Gao’s Calculation (model)
Calculation with Kin Terms
Definition: Kin Term Product
Kin Term Map for the American Kinship Terminology
Kin Term Map for the Shipibo Terminology
Simplification of Kin Term Map Removal of affines,
structural equivalence
Construct a Semigroup Model
Isomorphism Between Reduced Kin Term Map and Generated
Structure
Isomorphism Between AKT and Generated Structure
Predicted Kin Term Definitions
Explanatory Paradigm Cultural Framework
Instantiation of Abstract Symbols
Integration of Material and Ideational Levels
Dual Mental Processing System
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