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پدید آورنده
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رده
HM628 .B39 2007eb
HM628
.
B39
2007eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0754686744
(Number (ISBN
9780754686743
Erroneous ISBN
0754656780
Erroneous ISBN
9780754656784
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b767083
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
A Darwinian worldview :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
sociobiology, environmental ethics and the work of Edward O. Wilson /
First Statement of Responsibility
Brian Baxter.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Burlington, VT :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Ashgate,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (199 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-193) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The explanatory issue -- Sociobiology -- Evolutionary psychology -- Gene-culture co-evolution -- Consilience -- The moral issue -- Darwinian naturalism, environmentalism and humanism -- Naturalism and morality -- The possibility of environmental ethics -- Evolution, meaning, suffering and death.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is considered in its application to human beings in this book. Brian Baxter examines the various sociobiological approaches to the explanation of human behaviour which view the human brain, and so the human mind, as the product of evolution, and considers the main arguments for and against this claim. In so doing he defends the approaches against some common criticisms, such as the charge that they are reductionist and dehumanising. The impli.
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Title
Darwinian worldview.
International Standard Book Number
9780754656784
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Darwin, Charles,1809-1882-- Influence.
Wilson, Edward O.
Darwin, Charles,1809-1882.
Wilson, Edward O.
Wilson, Edward O.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Environmental ethics.
Human evolution.
Social Darwinism.
Sociobiology.
Environmental ethics.
Human evolution.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Social Darwinism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Essays.
Sociobiology.
Sozialdarwinismus
Umweltethik
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
SOC-- 041000
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
304
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5
Edition
22
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
HM628
Book number
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B39
2007eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Baxter, Brian,1949-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201206121625.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
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Electronic name
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