Homo novus a human without illusions / [Texte imprimé] :
Ulrich J. Frey, Charlotte Störmer, Kai P. Willführ, editors
- Heidelberg ; Dordrecht ; London [etc.] : Springer, cop. 2010
- 1 vol. (XVI-291 p.) : couv. ill., graph. ; 25 cm
- The frontiers collection .
- The Frontiers Collection (Springer, Berlin) .
Notes biliogr.
Illusion number 1. Humans are exceptional. The position of man in the cosmos / Bernulf Kanitscheider ; Living differences / Volker Sommer and Amy R. Parish ; Nothing to talk about / Julia Fischer -- Illusion number 2. We are independent of our sociobiological roots. The true egoist is cooperative / Christian Vogel ; The social brain and its implications / Robin Dunbar ; Why most theories get it wrong / Julia Pradel and Detlef Fetchenhauer -- Illusion number 3. The biological imperative doesn't matter to us. Mortality crises and their consequences for human life histories / Charlotte Störmer and Kai P. Willführ ; Costs and consequences of reproduction / Virpi Lummaa ; Height and reproductive success / Rebecca Sear -- Illusion number 4. The past doesn't echo in our heads. Developmental psychology without dualistic illusions / Athanasios Chasiotis ; the psychology of families / Harald A. Euler -- Illusion number 5. Moral, religion and culture are social constructions. Moral normativity is (naturally) grown / Kurt Bayertz ; The origins of symbolic culture / Chris Knight ; Belief in Melanesia / Wulf Schiefenhövel -- Illusion number 6. We are free in what we want. Free will / Gerhard Roth ; Could I have done otherwise? / Gerhard Vollmer -- Epilogue. Modern illusions of humankind / Ulrich J. Frey
978-3-642-12141-8
Sociobiology Human evolution Evolutionary psychology Social evolution Human biology Human beings Humanbiologie Hominisation Evolutionspsychologie