What can cognitive neuroscience do for cultural sociology?

• DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/zuyvf
• Publication Date: 2019-06-26T21:11:15Z
• Authors: Omar Lizardo; Brandon Sepulvado; Dustin S. Stoltz; Marshall A. Taylor
• Keywords: Cultural neuroscience; Intersubjectivity; Methodological individualism; Sociology of culture

Can cognitive neuroscience contribute to cultural sociology? We argue that it can, but profit from such contributions requires developing coherent positions at the level of ontology and epistemological views concerning interfield relations in science. In this paper, we carve out a position makes sense for sociology based on Sperber’s “infra-individualist” Clark’s “extended cognition” arguments. More substantively, take three canonical topics sociology: language, intersubjectivity, associational links between elements, showing neurosciences can make conceptual empirical thinking sociologists these areas. conclude by outlining opportunities further development work intersection neurosciences.