Homo Novus – A Human Without Illusions

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Frey, Ulrich J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Störmer, Charlotte (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Willführ, Kai P. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: The Frontiers Collection,
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Epistemology.; Evolutionary biology.; Psychology.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Cognitive psychology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Popular Science in Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Sociology, general.

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. As cherished concepts such as free will, naïve realism, humans as creation's crowning glory fall and our moral roots in ape group...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.