On Human Nature Anthropological, Biological, and Philosophical Foundations
The question, what does it mean to be human, is as old as philosophy and the sciences. Furthermore, from the very beginning of human history this question for human nature was inextricably interwoven with the question for the nature of nature. Anthropology in this sense was always accompanied by cos...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2002, 2002
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2002 |
| Series: | Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I The Nature of Human Nature: Ethical and General Issues
- On Human Nature
- Personalistic Organicism and the Human Social Animal
- Genetics, Embodiment and Identity
- II Biology in Discourse: Biotheoretical Considerations on Human Nature
- The Biological Fundamentals of Human Cultural Developments and their Unique Functional Integration
- Three Seconds: A Temporal Platform for Conscious Activities
- Gestalt Recognition and Internal Representation — A Report from the Philosophical Laboratory
- Between Natural Disposition and Cultural Masterment of Life — The Cognitive Sciences and Concept of Man in Conflicting Conceptions of Scienes
- Genotype and Phenotype: Genetic and Epigenetic Aspects
- Genetic Determinism: The Battle between Scientific Data and Social Image in Contemporary Developmental Biology
- Can we find Human Nature in the Human Genome?
- The Nurturing of Natures
- III The Other Side of the Mirror: Methodological Reconsideration of Human Nature
- The Burdon of Proof — On the Impossibility of Technology Assessment for the Human Genome Project
- Philosophy and the Concept of Technology — On the Anthropological Significance of Technology
- Human Cultures’ Natures — Critical Considerations and Some Perspectives of Culturalist Anthropology