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... objective facts; such meanings are, instead, attributed to science by individuals having particular viewpoints and living in particular societies. Yet the influence of philosophical presuppositions, social position, cultural context ...
... objective facts; such meanings are, instead, attributed to science by individuals having particular viewpoints and living in particular societies. Yet the influence of philosophical presuppositions, social position, cultural context ...
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... objective, positive science is never warranted; if works such as these, which offer scientifically sanctioned, spiritual guidance, are instead scientific mythologies, then the scientific moralities deduced and social implications drawn ...
... objective, positive science is never warranted; if works such as these, which offer scientifically sanctioned, spiritual guidance, are instead scientific mythologies, then the scientific moralities deduced and social implications drawn ...
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... objective science, today's biological writings, like those which preceded them, may become an attractive means of interpreting, authenticating, and mobilizing those widespread sentiments of social disorder and individual meaninglessness ...
... objective science, today's biological writings, like those which preceded them, may become an attractive means of interpreting, authenticating, and mobilizing those widespread sentiments of social disorder and individual meaninglessness ...
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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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