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From its beginnings, the theory of evolution has unsettled fundamental anthropological assumptions about the place of human beings in nature. The integration of human origins into natural history by Darwinism was countered by the philosophical anthropologies of the 20th century. Their attempts were...

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Έκδοση: Mohr Siebeck 2018
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-306452021-11-04T14:15:36Z Embodiment in Evolution and Culture Etzelmüller, Gregor Tewes, Christian Philosophy History of philosophy Anthropology evolution nature Darwinism embodiment cognitive science philosophy of science PHI035000 SOC002010 SOC002000 QDH JHMC QD JHM QDT Charles Darwin Mimesis From its beginnings, the theory of evolution has unsettled fundamental anthropological assumptions about the place of human beings in nature. The integration of human origins into natural history by Darwinism was countered by the philosophical anthropologies of the 20th century. Their attempts were to hold on even more resolutely to the special status of humans as beings 'open towards the world'. Today, evolutionary and philosophical anthropology have moved closer together via the paradigm of embodiment. Building on embodied cognitive science, this volume aims to establish how far the human mind and human cultural cognition can be attributed to the structures of human existence, structures which have emerged in the course of evolution and have in turn been affected by culture. The traditional dualism of nature and culture is transformed into an explanation of an evolutionary process in which body and mind are understood to be intertwined and mutually constitutive. 2018-01-01 23:55:55 2020-03-31 03:00:25 2020-04-01T13:05:46Z 2020-04-01T13:05:46Z 2016-11-14 book 644492 OCN: 965738913 9783161549014 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30645 eng application/pdf n/a 644492.pdf https://www.mohr.de/en/book/embodiment-in-evolution-and-culture-9783161547362 Mohr Siebeck 10.1628/9783161549014 101760 10.1628/9783161549014 773c36f2-8bde-4e8c-8b8d-7fab7b2879fe b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783161549014 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 101760 KU Open Services Knowledge Unlatched open access
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description From its beginnings, the theory of evolution has unsettled fundamental anthropological assumptions about the place of human beings in nature. The integration of human origins into natural history by Darwinism was countered by the philosophical anthropologies of the 20th century. Their attempts were to hold on even more resolutely to the special status of humans as beings 'open towards the world'. Today, evolutionary and philosophical anthropology have moved closer together via the paradigm of embodiment. Building on embodied cognitive science, this volume aims to establish how far the human mind and human cultural cognition can be attributed to the structures of human existence, structures which have emerged in the course of evolution and have in turn been affected by culture. The traditional dualism of nature and culture is transformed into an explanation of an evolutionary process in which body and mind are understood to be intertwined and mutually constitutive.
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