Arguing about human nature : contemporary debates /

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"This text is a collection of recent research in the philosophy of human nature. It includes research in Anthropology, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and other areas where there are fertile discussions about human nature"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Downes, Stephen (Stephen M.) (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Machery, Edouard (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2013
Series:Arguing about philosophy
Subjects:
Human beings
Philosophical anthropology
Anthropologie philosophique
Homme
Filosofisk antropologi
Homo sapiens (species)
Människan
PHILOSOPHY / General
PHILOSOPHY > General
philosophical anthropology
Table of Contents:
  • note: pt. I Human Nature and Evolution
  • Topic 1 Evolution And Human Nature
  • 1 Edward O. Wilson On Human Nature
  • 2. David L. Hull On Human Nature
  • 3. David J. Buller Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent Quest for Human Nature
  • 4. Edouard Machery A Plea for Human Nature
  • 5. Elizabeth Cashdan What is a Human Universal? Human Behavioral Ecology and Human Nature
  • Topic 2 Stone-Age Mind?
  • 6. Leda Cosmides and John Tooby Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer
  • 7. Stephen M. Downes The Basic Components of the Human Mind were not Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch
  • Topic 3 Innateness
  • 8. Elizabeth S. Spelke and Katherine D. Kinzler Core Knowledge
  • 9. Paul E. Griffiths What is Innateness?
  • 10. Richard Samuels Innateness in Cognitive Science
  • Topic 4 Genetic Determinism
  • 11. Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr. Genetic Influence on Human Psychological Traits
  • 12. Patrick Bateson Behavioral Development and Darwinian Evolution
  • 13. Philip Kitcher Battling the Undead: How (and How Not) to Resist Genetic Determinism
  • pt. II Human Nature and Human Diversity
  • Topic 5 Human Universals, Individual Variation, And Cultural Variation
  • 14. Donald E. Brown Incest Avoidance and Other Human Universals
  • 15. Joseph Henrich, Steven J. Heine and Ara Norenzayan The Weirdest People in the World?
  • 16. John Tooby and Leda Cosmides On the Universality of Human Nature and the Uniqueness of the Individual: The Role of Genetics and Adaptation
  • 17. Daniel M. T. Fessler and Edouard Machery Culture and Cognition
  • 18. P. J. Richerson and R. Boyd Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Action
  • 19. Kim Sterelny The Informational Commonwealth
  • Topic 6 Social Construction
  • 20. Frances B. McCrea The Politics of Menopause: The "Discovery" of a Deficiency Disease
  • 21. Ian Hacking The Looping Effects of Human Kinds
  • 22. Ron Mallon and Stephen P. Stich The Odd Couple: The Compatibility of Social Construction and Evolutionary Psychology
  • Topic 7 Human Genetic Diversity
  • 23. R. C. Lewontin The Apportionment of Human Diversity
  • 24. A. W. F. Edwards Human Genetic Diversity: Lewontin's Fallacy
  • 25. Noah A. Rosenberg, Jonathan K. Pritchard, James L. Weber, Howard M. Cann, Kenneth K. Kidd, Lev A. Zhivotovksy and Marcus W. Feldman Genetic Structure of Human Populations
  • Topic 8 Races
  • 26. Sally Haslanger A Social Constructionist Analysis of Race
  • 27. Deborah A. Bolnick Individual Ancestry Inference and the Reification of Race as a Biological Phenomenon
  • Topic 9 Sex
  • 28. Donald Symons The Evolution of Human Sexuality: Sexual Choice
  • 29. John Dupre The Evolutionary Psychology of Sex and Gender
  • 30. Nathan W. Bailey and Marlene Zuk Same-sex Sexual Behavior and Evolution
  • pt. III Human Nature and Normality
  • Topic 10 Health
  • 31. Christopher Boorse Health as a Theoretical Concept
  • 32. Ron Amundson Against Normal Function
  • 33. Rachel Cooper What's Special about Mental Health and Disorder?
  • Topic 11 Politics And The Concept Of Human Nature
  • 34. Anita Silvers A Fatal Attraction to Normalizing: Treating Disabilities as Deviations from "Species-Typical" Functioning
  • 35. Louise M. Antony "Human Nature" and its Role in Feminist Theory
  • 36. Nancy Holmstrom Is Human Nature Important for Feminism?
  • Topic 12 Transhumanism
  • 37. Leon R. Kass Ageless Bodies, Happy Souls: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Perfection
  • 38. Nick Bostrom In Defense of Posthuman Dignity.
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Human Nature and Evolution
  • Topic 1 Evolution And Human Nature
  • 1 Edward O. Wilson On Human Nature
  • 2. David L. Hull On Human Nature
  • 3. David J. Buller Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent Quest for Human Nature
  • 4. Edouard Machery A Plea for Human Nature
  • 5. Elizabeth Cashdan What is a Human Universal? Human Behavioral Ecology and Human Nature
  • Topic 2 A Stone-Age Mind?
  • 6. Leda Cosmides and John Tooby Evolutionary Psychology: A Primer
  • 7. Stephen M. Downes The Basic Components of the Human Mind were not Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch
  • Topic 3 Innateness
  • 8. Elizabeth S. Spelke and Katherine D. Kinzler Core Knowledge
  • 9. Paul E. Griffiths What is Innateness?
  • 10. Richard Samuels Innateness in Cognitive Science
  • Topic 4 Genetic Determinism
  • 11. Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr. Genetic Influence on Human Psychological Traits
  • 12. Patrick Bateson Behavioral Development and Darwinian Evolution
  • 13. Philip Kitcher Battling the Undead: How (and How Not) to Resist Genetic Determinism
  • pt. II Human Nature and Human Diversity
  • Topic 5 Human Universals, Individual Variation, And Cultural Variation
  • 14. Donald E. Brown Incest Avoidance and Other Human Universals
  • 15. Joseph Henrich, Steven J. Heine and Ara Norenzayan The Weirdest People in the World?
  • 16. John Tooby and Leda Cosmides On the Universality of Human Nature and the Uniqueness of the Individual: The Role of Genetics and Adaptation
  • 17. Daniel M.T. Fessler and Edouard Machery Culture and Cognition
  • 18. P.J. Richerson and R. Boyd Not by Genes Alone: How Culture Transformed Human Action
  • 19. Kim Sterelny The Informational Commonwealth
  • Topic 6 Social Construction
  • 20. Frances B. McCrea The Politics of Menopause: The "Discovery" of a Deficiency Disease
  • 21. Ian Hacking The Looping Effects of Human Kinds
  • 22. Ron Mallon and Stephen P. Stich The Odd Couple: The Compatibility of Social Construction and Evolutionary Psychology
  • Topic 7 Human Genetic Diversity
  • 23. R.C. Lewontin The Apportionment of Human Diversity
  • 24. A.W.F. Edwards Human Genetic Diversity: Lewontin's Fallacy
  • 25. Noah A. Rosenberg, Jonathan K. Pritchard, James L. Weber, Howard M. Cann, Kenneth K. Kidd, Lev A. Zhivotovksy and Marcus W. Feldman Genetic Structure of Human Populations
  • Topic 8 Races
  • 26. Sally Haslanger A Social Constructionist Analysis of Race
  • 27. Deborah A. Bolnick Individual Ancestry Inference and the Reification of Race as a Biological Phenomenon
  • Topic 9 Sex
  • 28. Donald Symons The Evolution of Human Sexuality: Sexual Choice
  • 29. John Dupre The Evolutionary Psychology of Sex and Gender
  • 30. Nathan W. Bailey and Marlene Zuk Same-sex Sexual Behavior and Evolution
  • pt. III Human Nature and Normality
  • Topic 10 Health
  • 31. Christopher Boorse Health as a Theoretical Concept
  • 32. Ron Amundson Against Normal Function
  • 33. Rachel Cooper What's Special about Mental Health and Disorder?
  • Topic 11 Politics And The Concept Of Human Nature
  • 34. Anita Silvers A Fatal Attraction to Normalizing: Treating Disabilities as Deviations from "Species-Typical" Functioning
  • 35. Louise M. Antony "Human Nature" and its Role in Feminist Theory
  • 36. Nancy Holmstrom Is Human Nature Important for Feminism?
  • Topic 12 Transhumanism
  • 37. Leon R. Kass Ageless Bodies, Happy Souls: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Perfection
  • 38. Nick Bostrom In Defense of Posthuman Dignity.

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