Beyond Evolution : Human Nature and the Limits of Evolutionary Explanation.

Anthony O'Hear takes a stand against the fashion for explaining human behaviour in terms of evolution. He argues that evolutionary theory, successful as it is in explaining the development of living things, cannot give a satisfactory account of such distinctive facets of human life as self-cons...

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Main Author: O'Hear, Anthony
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 1997.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • 1. Mind and Nature
  • 2. Immanent and Transcendent Dimensions of Reason
  • 3. Self-Conscious Belief
  • 4. Evolutionary Epistemology
  • 5. Evolution and Epistemological Pessimism
  • 6. Morality and Politics
  • 7. Beauty and the Theory of Evolution
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
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