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... human mental capacities and behavioral flexibility, the role of natural selection in shaping our lives and societies appeared greatly diminished. Biological needs and biological processes paled in significance before human reason ...
... human mental capacities and behavioral flexibility, the role of natural selection in shaping our lives and societies appeared greatly diminished. Biological needs and biological processes paled in significance before human reason ...
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... human thought and belief. According to most accounts, Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection obviously made of God an increasingly unnecessary hypothesis with increasingly less to do. The marvelous adaptation of organism to ...
... human thought and belief. According to most accounts, Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection obviously made of God an increasingly unnecessary hypothesis with increasingly less to do. The marvelous adaptation of organism to ...
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... human psyches and societies virtually untouched. Why has this been so? What have been seen as the philosophical and social problems posed by Darwinism and how have intellectuals responded to them over the last century? If our picture of ...
... human psyches and societies virtually untouched. Why has this been so? What have been seen as the philosophical and social problems posed by Darwinism and how have intellectuals responded to them over the last century? If our picture of ...
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Contents
From Metaphysics to Molecular Biology | 44 |
From Molecular Biology to Social Theory | 77 |
The Natural Theology of E O Wilson | 96 |
The Popularization of Human Sociobiology | 136 |
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The Social Meaning of Modern Biology: From Social Darwinism to Sociobiology Howard Kaye Limited preview - 2017 |
The Social Meaning of Modern Biology: From Social Darwinism to Sociobiology Howard Kaye Limited preview - 2017 |
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