Barker Beyond Biofatalism

Human Nature for an Evolving World
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-231-54039-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Are we “hard-wired” for disaster? Or do new findings in evolution, development, and behavior show that human beings can adapt positively to adverse circumstances and realize a more just and inclusive society?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barker, Gillian

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Entwicklungsbiologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Human Nature and the Limits of Human Possibility
2. The Cost of Change
3. Thinking About Change and Stability in Living Systems
4. Lessons from Development, Ecology, and Evolutionary Biology
5. Human Possibilities
6. Valuing Change
7. Choosing Environments
8. What Is Feasible?
9. Evolutionary Psychology and Human Possibilities
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gillian Barker is assistant professor in the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. She has also taught at Indiana University, Simon Fraser University, and Bucknell University. She is the author, with Philip Kitcher, of Philosophy of Science: A New Introduction, and editor, with Eric Desjardins and Trevor Pearce, of Entangled Life: Organism and Environment in the Biological and Social Sciences.