Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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 dynamics become clearer, we have to take leave of many concepts that have been central to defining our humanness. What emerges is a new human, the homo novus, a human being without illusions.Leading authors from many different fields explore these issues by addressing a range of illusions and providing evidence for the need, despite considerable reluctance, to relinquish some of our most cherished ideas about ourselves.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions “
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.
Autoren-Porträt
Charlotte Störmer: Born in Germany 21-10-1981 - PhD Student, University of Giessen, Germany (October 2008- present) on short and long-term consequences of epidemiological stress in historical human populations - research assistant at the University of Giessen, Germany (2007-2009)- Science degree (Biology), University of Osnabrueck (2001-2003) and University of Giessen (2004- 2007) Ulrich Frey: Born in Germany 18-08-1975 - PhD in philosophy at Braunschweig University with Prof. Dr. Dr. Vollmer- PhD thesis 2007: The blind spot - Cognitive errors in science and their evolutionary roots- research assistant at the University of Giessen, Germany (2007-2009)- research assistant at the University of Braunschweig, Germany (2004-2006) Kai Pierre Willführ:Born in Germany 5-04-1977 - PhD Student, University of Giessen, Germany (Mai 2007- present) On epigenetics and long-term consequences of early parental loss - Research assistant at the Institute of Plant Physiology, University of Giessen (2005-2007) - Science degree (Biology), University of Giessen (1998- 2005)
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2010, XIV, 291 Seiten, Masse: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Ulrich J. Frey, Charlotte Störmer, Kai P. Willführ
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3642121411
- ISBN-13: 9783642121418
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.09.2010
Sprache:
Englisch
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