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Aping Mankind [Elektronische Ressource] : Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity

Tallis, Raymond,i1946-

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

401 p.

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978-1-8446-5272-3

WH 2100 LB 31970

 

f Online-Publikation  Evolutionismus  Darwinismus  Soziobiologie  Kritik 

 

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978-1-317-49178-1

In a devastating critique Raymond Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society.While readily acknowledging the astounding progress neuroscience has made in helping us understand how the brain works, Tallis directs his guns at neuroscience's dark companion - ""Neuromania"" as he describes it - the belief that brain activity is not merely a necessary but a sufficient condition for human consciousness and that consequently our everyday behaviour can be entirely understood in neural...