Agustín Fuentes, Aku Visala

Conversations on Human Nature (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on interviews with twenty leading scholars, Conversations on Human Nature probes the question of what it means to be human from evolutionary, biological, philosophical, cultural, and theological points of view.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 325
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781315431529
• Artikelnr.: 45435099

Autorenporträt

Agustín Fuentes, Aku Visala

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: Human Nature as a Contested Concept Innate
Unique and Universal Nature Evolution and Human Nature: basic issues Humans as Biocultural Animals Persons
Minds and Human Nature Theology and Human Nature Chapter 2: Evolution
Brains and Human Nature Francisco Ayala (biology
UCLA
US) Kevin Laland (biology
St. Andrews Univ
UK) Patrick Bateson (biology
Cambridge Univ
UK) Robin Dunbar (evolutionary psychology
Oxford Univ
UK) Eduard Machery (philosophy
Univ Pittsburgh
US) Chapter 3: The Biocultural Animal: Culture and Human Evolution Tim Ingold (anthropology
Aberdeen Univ
UK) Jonathan Marks (anthropology
Univ North-Carolina at Charlotte
US) Robert Sussman (anthropology
Washington Univ
US) Kim Sterelny (philosophy
Australian National Univ
Australia) Warren Brown (psychology
Fuller Theological Seminary
US) Barbara King (anthropology
College of William & Mary
US) Chapter 4: Persons and Human Nature Dean Zimmerman (philosophy
Rutgers Univ
US) Richard Swinburne (philosophy
Oxford Univ
UK) Christian Smith (sociology
Univ Notre Dame
US) Carl Gillett (philosophy
Northern Illinois Univ
US) Lynne Rudder Baker (philosophy
Univ Massachusetts Amherst
US) Philip Sloan (history and philosophy of Science
Univ Notre Dame
US) Chapter 5: Human Nature from a Religious Perspective Lluis Oviedo (theology
Antonianum
Italy) J. Wentzel van Huyssteen (theology
Princeton Univ
US) Celia Deane-Drummond (theology
Univ Notre Dame
US) Joel Greene (theology
Fuller Theological Seminary
US) Wesley Wildman (theology/philosophy
Boston Univ
US) Chapter 6: Looking Back and Moving Forward: Summary and Future Possibilities References Index About the Authors About the Interviewees