عنوان

Evolutionary Theory and Human Nature

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9781461515456

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Evolutionary Theory and Human Nature

[Book]

by Ron Vannelli.

Boston, MA

Springer US

2001

(xii, 257 pages)

1 In Search of Human Nature: Reason and Rationality --;Reason As Rationality --;In Search of an Empirical Science of Human Behaviour --;Summary and Conclusions --;2 Biology and the Social Sciences: The Issue of Morality --;Darwin --;s Impact --;Biology and the Social Sciences; The Search for Morality --;Summary and Conclusions --;3 Biology and the Social Sciences: Epistemological and Ontological Issues --;The Problem of Causation --;Human Nature and the Problem of 'Pre-knowledge' --;The Problem of Classification: Significance and Unity --;In Search of Human Nature --;Summary and Conclusions --;4 Human Nature: Emotional-Cognitive Processes --;Emotionality and Cognition: Meaning and Significance --;The Biology of Emotional-Cognitive Processing --;Summary and Conclusions --;5 The Psychology of Human Emotional-Cognitive Processing --;Species Typical Emotional-Cognitive Motivators --;The Evolution of Human Desires --;The Evolution of Human Fears --;Summary and Conclusions --;6 Advanced Cognition --;Evaluating --;Delineating --;Deception and Self-deception --;Summary and Conclusions --;7 Human Nature and Social Propensities --;Human Nature and the Processes of Political Society --;The Search for Vengeance and the Social Order --;Controlling Self and Others --;Summary and Conclusions --;8 In Search of Political Society --;Social Boundaries --;Hierarchy, Politics and Spirituality --;In Search of Natural Kinds of Behaviour --;Conclusions: A Science of Behaviour --;Notes --;References.

Evolutionary Theory and Human Nature is an original, highly theoretical work dealing with the transition from genes to behavior using general principles of evolution, especially those of sexual selection.

Biology -- Philosophy.

Philosophy (General)

Social sciences -- Philosophy.

by Ron Vannelli.

Ron Vannelli

[Book]

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