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  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    London : Routledge
    ISBN: 0415422833 , 0415422841 , 0203962591 , 9780415422833 , 9780415422840 , 9780203962596
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (x, 217 p)
    Edition: Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Risk : Philosophical Perspectives
    DDC: 302/.12
    Keywords: Risk management ; Risk assessment
    Abstract: Leading scholars explore what it means to make decisions which effect ourselves, our immediate families, entire generations or ecosystems. This collection explores the full range of philosophical implications of risk
    Description / Table of Contents: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION: Risk and philosophy; 1 RISK AND ETHICS: Three approaches; 2 TOWARD A NON-CONSEQUENTIALIST APPROACH TO ACCEPTABLE RISKS; 3 WHAT IS THE VALUE OF PREVENTING A FATALITY?; 4 ON MULTI-ATTRIBUTE RISK ANALYSIS; 5 GREAT EXPECTATIONS; 6 COMMON-SENSE PRECAUTION AND VARIETIES OF THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; 7 ACTING UNDER RISK; 8 TOWARDS A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF RISK: Experts and publics in deliberative democracy; 9 MORAL HEURISTICS AND RISK; 10 RISK AND TERRORISM; 11 RISK, HARM, INTERESTS, AND RIGHTS; INDEX
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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  • 2
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781009539043 , 9781009539067 , 9781009539098
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (72 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Cambridge elements$dElements in the philosophy of biology
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lewens, Tim, 1974 - Cultural selection
    DDC: 303.4
    Keywords: Social evolution ; Culture ; Sozialdarwinismus ; Kulturelle Evolution
    Abstract: Humans learn in ways that are influenced by others. As a result, cultural items of many types are elaborated over time in ways that build on the achievements of previous generations. Culture therefore shows a pattern of descent with modification reminiscent of Darwinian evolution. This raises the question of whether cultural selection-a mechanism akin to natural selection, albeit working when learned items are passed from demonstrators to observers-can explain how various practices are refined over time. This Element argues that cultural selection is not necessary for the explanation of cultural adaptation; it shows how to build hybrid explanations that draw on aspects of cultural selection and cultural attraction theory; it shows how cultural reproduction makes problems for highly formalised approaches to cultural selection; and it uses a case-study to demonstrate the importance of human agency for cumulative cultural adaptation.
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
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  • 3
    Book
    Book
    Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press
    ISBN: 9781009539098 , 9781009539067
    Language: English
    Pages: 72 Seiten , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: Cambridge elements
    Series Statement: Elements in the philosophy of biology
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lewens, Tim, 1974 - Cultural selection
    DDC: 303.4
    Keywords: Sozialdarwinismus ; Kulturelle Evolution
    Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 65-72 , Introduction: Culture from the side of natural history -- The arguments for cultural selection -- The attractions of cultural selection -- The cultural price equation -- Waiting for casabe
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9780198823650
    Language: English
    Pages: xii, 214 Seiten , 1 Illustration
    Edition: First edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Why we disagree about human nature
    DDC: 501
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    Keywords: Science Philosophy ; Philosophical anthropology ; Science Philosophy ; Philosophical anthropology ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Anthropologie ; Philosophie ; Philosophische Anthropologie
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  • 5
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    Book
    London [u.a.] : Routledge
    ISBN: 0415422833 , 0415422841 , 9780415422833 , 9780415422840
    Language: English
    Pages: X, 217 S.
    DDC: 302.12
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    Keywords: Risk assessment ; Risk management ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung
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    Book
    Book
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780198801191
    Language: English
    Pages: X, 205 Seiten , 22 cm
    Edition: First published in paperback
    DDC: 303.4
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    Keywords: Social evolution ; Kulturelle Evolution ; Sozialdarwinismus ; Sozialdarwinismus ; Kulturelle Evolution
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 8
    Book
    Book
    Oxford : Oxford University Press
    ISBN: 9780199674183
    Language: English
    Pages: x, 205 Seiten , 22 cm
    Edition: First edition
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lewens, Tim, 1974 - Cultural evolution
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Lewens, Tim, 1974 - Cultural evolution
    DDC: 303.4
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    Keywords: Social evolution Social evolution ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General ; Social evolution ; Social evolution ; Sozialdarwinismus ; Kulturelle Evolution ; Kulturelle Evolution ; Sozialdarwinismus
    Abstract: Tim Lewens aims to understand what it means to take an evolutionary approach to cultural change, and why it is that this approach is often treated with suspicion. Convinced of the exceptional power of natural selection, many thinkers—typically working in biological anthropology, cognitive psychology, and evolutionary biology—have suggested it should be freed from the confines of biology, and applied to cultural change in humans and other animals. At the same time, others-typically with backgrounds in disciplines like social anthropology and history-have been just as vocal in dismissing the evolutionary approach to culture. What drives these disputes over Darwinism in the social sciences? While making a case for the value of evolutionary thinking for students of culture, Lewens shows why the concerns of sceptics should not dismissed as mere prejudice, confusion, or ignorance. Indeed, confusions about what evolutionary approaches entail are propagated by their proponents, as well as by their detractors. By taking seriously the problems faced by these approaches to culture, Lewens shows how such approaches can be better formulated, where their most significant limitations lie, and how the tools of cultural evolutionary thinking might become more widely accepted.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 9
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    Online Resource
    Oxford :Oxford University Press,
    ISBN: 9780191862267 (ebook) :
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource
    Edition: First edition.
    Parallel Title: Print version :
    DDC: 501
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    Keywords: Science Philosophy. ; Philosophical anthropology.
    Abstract: Is human nature something that the natural and social sciences aim to describe, or is it a pernicious fiction? What role, if any, does human nature play in directing and informing scientific work? Leading figures from the life sciences, philosophy, psychology, and anthropology present new essays exploring these questions.
    Note: This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
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  • 10
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    Online Resource
    Cambridge, England :Cambridge University Press,
    ISBN: 9781009539081 , 1009539086 , 9781009539043 , 1009539043
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (72 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).
    Edition: First edition.
    Series Statement: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology Series
    Series Statement: Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of biology.
    DDC: 303.4
    Keywords: Social Darwinism. ; Culture History.
    Abstract: Humans learn in ways that are influenced by others. As a result, cultural items of many types are elaborated over time in ways that build on the achievements of previous generations. Culture therefore shows a pattern of descent with modification reminiscent of Darwinian evolution. This raises the question of whether cultural selection-a mechanism akin to natural selection, albeit working when learned items are passed from demonstrators to observers-can explain how various practices are refined over time. This Element argues that cultural selection is not necessary for the explanation of cultural adaptation; it shows how to build hybrid explanations that draw on aspects of cultural selection and cultural attraction theory; it shows how cultural reproduction makes problems for highly formalised approaches to cultural selection; and it uses a case-study to demonstrate the importance of human agency for cumulative cultural adaptation.
    Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Jun 2024).
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