Aping mankind : neuromania, Darwinitis and the misrepresentation of humanity / Raymond Tallis

Englisch

Durham : Acumen, 2011

XI, 388 S. : Ill. ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-1-84465-272-3 (cased) £25.00

1-84465-272-6 (cased) £25.00

Introduction: The strange case of Professor Gray and other provocationsScience and scientism -- Consequences -- Neuromania : a castle built on sand -- From Darwinism to Darwinitis -- Bewitched by language -- The sighted watchmaker -- Reaffirming our humanity -- Defending the humanities -- Back to the drawing board.

9781844652723

*Soziobiologie / Evolution / Sozialdarwinismus / Evolutionsbiologie / Darwinismus / Neurowissenschaften / Humanismus

*Cognitive neuroscience ; Evolutionary psychology ; Consciousness ; Neurosciences ; Human beings ; Evolution (Biology)

*Biologismus ; Soziobiologie ; Sociobiology ; Evolution (Biology) ; Humanism

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: QP360.5

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 304.5

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: LB 31970: LA-LC Ethnologie / LB 30000-LB 31999 Theorie und Methodologie / Biologistische Ansätze

In this book, Raymond Tallis discusses what he considers to be exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society, and suggests that human beings are infinitely more interesting and complex than they appear in the mirror of biologism --

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