Private inner life changed dramatically as humans moved from oral to book culture.
Evidence
The private experience of the infant may not lead in any continuous way to the private mind of the adult. Moreover, we might expect that the psychology of FP-P has undergone more dramatic changes over historical time than have other dimensions of folk psychology. For example, humans have moved from oral cultures of experience to the private consumption of experience in books. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 427 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The private inner mind is a historically recent construct rather than a universal — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 427; The private mind is a historically recent construct tied to literacy — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 427
Broader Connections
- The private mind is a historically recent construct tied to literacy
#expands(0.92) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 427