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Aping mankind : neuromania, Darwinitis and the misrepresentation of humanity / Raymond Tallis

Tallis, Raymond, 1946-

Durham : Acumen, 2011

XI, 388 S. : Ill. ; 24 cm

Englisch

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-1-84465-272-3 ((cased) £25.00); 1-84465-272-6 ((cased) £25.00)

2013427883

015826828

9781844652723

OCoLC: 741924043     

OCoLC: 741924043 (aus SWB)     

LB 31970      Ähnliche Literatur

QP360.5

304.5

Basisklassifikation: 08.36 (Philosophische Anthropologie) ; 42.21 (Evolution) <Biologie>

SSG-Nummer(n): 5,2

*Soziobiologie ; Evolution ; Sozialdarwinismus ; Evolutionsbiologie ; Darwinismus ; Neurowissenschaften ; Humanismus      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Cognitive neuroscience ; Evolutionary psychology ; Consciousness ; Neurosciences ; Human beings ; Evolution (Biology)

Biologismus ; Soziobiologie ; Sociobiology ; Evolution (Biology) ; Humanism

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 --