ISBN:
9781844652730
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 388 S.
,
graph. Darst.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. paperback edition
DDC:
304.5
Keywords:
Cognitive neuroscience
;
Evolutionary psychology
;
Consciousness
;
Neurosciences
;
Human beings
;
Evolution (Biology)
;
Soziobiologie
;
Evolution
;
Sozialdarwinismus
;
Evolutionsbiologie
;
Darwinismus
;
Neurowissenschaften
;
Humanismus
Abstract:
In this book, Raymond Tallis discusses what he considers to be exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society, and suggests that human beings are infinitely more interesting and complex than they appear in the mirror of biologism --
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: The strange case of Professor Gray and other provocationsScience and scientism -- Consequences -- Neuromania : a castle built on sand -- From Darwinism to Darwinitis -- Bewitched by language -- The sighted watchmaker -- Reaffirming our humanity -- Defending the humanities -- Back to the drawing board.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 363 - 378
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