Sense and Nonsense - Kevin Laland
evolutionary perspectives on human behaviour
KORTE INHOUD
Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring of scientific ideas. It offers a battery of methods that can be used to help us understand human behavior. Nevertheless, the legitimacy of this exercise is at the center of a heated controversy that has raged for over a century. Many evolutionary biologists, anthropologists and psychologists have taken these evolutionary principles and tried using them to explain a wide range of human characteristics, such as homicide, religion and sex differences in behavior. Others, however, are sceptical of these interpretations. Moreover, researchers disagree as to the best ways to use evolution to explore humanity, and a number of schools have emerged. 'Sense and Nonsense' provides an introduction to the ideas, methods, and findings of five such schools, namely, sociobiology, human behavioural ecology, evolutionary psychology, memetics, and gene-culture co-evolution. Carefully guiding the reader through the mire of confusing terminology, claim and counter-...
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2002Uitgever: Oxford University Press369 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0198508840ISBN-13: 9780198508847Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2002, cloth hardcover with dust jacket, good copy [Auteur: Laland, Kevin N.] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Oxford Univ Press] [Jaar: 2002] [Titel: Sense and Nonsense / Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour]
