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... role of natural selection in shaping our lives and societies appeared greatly diminished. Biological needs and biological processes paled in significance before human reason, inventiveness, and the pursuit of meaning as determinants of ...
... role of natural selection in shaping our lives and societies appeared greatly diminished. Biological needs and biological processes paled in significance before human reason, inventiveness, and the pursuit of meaning as determinants of ...
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... role? What scientific breakthroughs, if any, have rendered obsolete the naturalistic fallacy and its social-scientific corollary, the distinction between biology and culture? What precisely are the arguments being made; what is their ...
... role? What scientific breakthroughs, if any, have rendered obsolete the naturalistic fallacy and its social-scientific corollary, the distinction between biology and culture? What precisely are the arguments being made; what is their ...
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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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