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... position, first articulated by Darwin, Wallace, and T. H. Huxley and later expounded by the emerging disciplines of sociology and anthropology, intellectuals of all persuasions now largely agreed that man is a cultural animal. Because ...
... position, first articulated by Darwin, Wallace, and T. H. Huxley and later expounded by the emerging disciplines of sociology and anthropology, intellectuals of all persuasions now largely agreed that man is a cultural animal. Because ...
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... , R. A. Fisher, and Joshua Lederberg continued to support some form of eugenics. Yet it remained a minority position, held very much in disfavor. cial Darwinism and eugenics that preceded them, are no monopoly 2 Introduction.
... , R. A. Fisher, and Joshua Lederberg continued to support some form of eugenics. Yet it remained a minority position, held very much in disfavor. cial Darwinism and eugenics that preceded them, are no monopoly 2 Introduction.
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... positions. The aim of current efforts is instead to transform the human self-conception by translating our lives and history back into the language of nature so that we might once again find a cosmic guide for the problems of living. By ...
... positions. The aim of current efforts is instead to transform the human self-conception by translating our lives and history back into the language of nature so that we might once again find a cosmic guide for the problems of living. By ...
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... position, cultural context, and other "extrascientific" elements is not confined to motivating the fateful transition from facts to values; nor can they simply be denounced as sources of scientific error. As philosophers of science and ...
... position, cultural context, and other "extrascientific" elements is not confined to motivating the fateful transition from facts to values; nor can they simply be denounced as sources of scientific error. As philosophers of science and ...
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... position: a rather plebeian primate species descended from other, even less remarkable primates. With so base a lineage, the special hopes, privileges, and responsibilities previously claimed for Homo sapiens must have appeared suspect ...
... position: a rather plebeian primate species descended from other, even less remarkable primates. With so base a lineage, the special hopes, privileges, and responsibilities previously claimed for Homo sapiens must have appeared suspect ...
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 |
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