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291 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am14.09.2010
Converging evidence from disciplines including sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and human biology forces us to adopt a new idea of what it means to be a human. What emerges is a new human, the homo novus, a human being without illusions.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextConverging evidence from disciplines including sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and human biology forces us to adopt a new idea of what it means to be a human. What emerges is a new human, the homo novus, a human being without illusions.
Zusammenfassung
Reveals the seven greatest errors in the way we view our own species

Revisits the Naked Ape employing latest ideas from evolutionary biology, philosophy, and neurobiology

Carries implications for a new image of humanity

Shines a multidisciplinary spotlight on critical social, political and moral issues

Written by leading international experts

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-642-12141-8
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2010
Erscheinungsdatum14.09.2010
ReiheThe Frontiers Collection
Seiten291 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht592 g
IllustrationenXIV, 291 p.
Artikel-Nr.11290362

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Humans Are Exceptional.- The Position of Man in the Cosmos.- Living Differences.- Nothing to Talk About.- We Are Independent of Our Sociobiological Roots.- The True Egoist Is Cooperative.- The Social Brain and Its Implications.- Why Most Theories Get It Wrong.- The Biological Imperative Doesn´t Matter to Us.- Mortality Crises and Their Consequences for Human Life Histories.- Costs and Consequences of Reproduction.- Height and Reproductive Success.- The Past Doesn´t Echo in Our Heads.- Developmental Psychology Without Dualistic Illusions.- The Psychology of Families.- Moral, Religion and Culture Are Social Constructions.- Moral Normativity Is (Naturally) Grown.- The Origins of Symbolic Culture.- Belief in Melanesia.- We Are Free in What We Want.- Free Will.- Could I Have Done Otherwise?.- Epilogue.- Modern Illusions of Humankind.mehr

Schlagworte

Autor

Ulrich Frey (philosophy), Charlotte Störmer and Kai Willführ (biology) work in an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Giessen, applying evolutionary theory to a broad range of fields. The following authors contributed to the chapters of this book: Kurt Bayertz, Athanasios Chasiotis, Robin Dunbar, Harald A. Euler, Detlef Fetchenhauer, Julia Fischer, Bernulf Kanitscheider, Chris Knight, Virpi Lummaa, Amy R. Parish, Julia Pradel, Gerhard Roth, Wulf Schiefenhövel, Rebecca Sear, Volker Sommer and Gerhard Vollmer.