Buch, Englisch, 257 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1250 g
Buch, Englisch, 257 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1250 g
ISBN: 978-0-7923-7473-2
Verlag: Springer US
This work covers two often antagonistic fields: biology and the social sciences. It should be of strong interest to anthropologists, sociologists, sociobiologists, psychobiologists and psychologists who are interested in the question of human nature influences on social behavior.
Zielgruppe
Research
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Naturphilosophie, Philosophie und Evolution
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Wissenschaften: Theorie, Epistemologie, Methodik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
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.