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Evolution's first philosopher : John Dewey and the continuity of nature /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | SUNY series in philosophy and biology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""EVOLUTION�S FIRST PHILOSOPHER""; ""Contents""; ""Reading Guide""; ""1. Evolution and Philosophy""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DARWIN�S INFLUENCE ON DEWEY""; ""RUSSELL�S REJECTION OF EVOLUTION""; ""WHAT ABOUT GENETIC DETERMINISM?""; ""ULTRANATURALISM""; ""THE DISCUSSION THUS FAR""; ""CONSIDER READING""; ""PART ONE: Theory of Evolution""; ""2. What Is Darwinian Evolution?""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SOURCES OF VARIATION""; ""THREE KINDS OF SELECTION""; ""THE X AND Y CHROMOSOMES""; ""Lamarckian Evolution""; ""The Discussion Thus Far""; ""CONSIDER READING""; ""3. Preparedness versus Plasticity""
- ""DEWEY AND UNLEARNED ACTIVITIES""""WHERE IMPULSES COME FROM""; ""PREPAREDNESS VERSUS PLASTICITY""; ""IS EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY INNATE?""; ""THE DISCUSSION THUS FAR""; ""CONSIDER READING""; ""4. Brain Development and the Emergence of Mind""; ""THE TRIUNE VIEW OF THE BRAIN""; ""THE BRAIN AND INFORMATION PROCESSING""; ""NEURON ELIMINATION""; ""THE THEORY OF MEMES""; ""FROM CONSCIOUSNESS TO MINDEDNESS""; ""THE MIND AS A VIRTUAL MACHINE""; ""THE DISCUSSION THUS FAR""; ""CONSIDER READING""; ""PART TWO: Morality Naturalized""; ""5. Can Evolution Tell us What to Do?""
- ""DOES NATURAL SELECTION HAVE FORESIGHT?""""THE PROBLEM OF THE NORMATIVE""; ""DEWEY�S SOLUTION""; ""DEMOCRACY AS MEANS""; ""INTELLIGENCE AS END""; ""MEANS-ENDS LOGIC""; ""CONSIDER READING""; ""6. Democracy and theBaldwin Effect""; ""INTELLIGENCE AS INHERENTLY SOCIAL""; ""THE MORAL CONTEXT OF GROWTH""; ""DEWEY�S CRITERIA FOR DEMOCRACY""; ""THE BALDWIN EFFECT""; ""DEMOCRACY AND THE BALDWIN EFFECT""; ""MEMEOPATHY AS AN OBSTACLE TO GROWTH""; ""DEVELOPING AUTONOMOUS AGENTS""; ""PHILOSOPHY FOR A SMALL PLANET""; ""THE DISCUSSION THUS FAR""; ""CONSIDER READING""; ""7. Evolution and Liberalism""
- ""INTRODUCTION""""THREE VIEWS OF THE INDIVIDUAL-SOCIETY RELATIONSHIP""; ""CLASSICAL LIBERALISM""; ""DEWEY�S NEW LIBERALISM""; ""WHY NONDEMOCRATIC SCHOOLS ARE MISEDUCATIVE""; ""THOMAS WEST�S ATTACK ON DEWEY�S PROGRESSIVE LIBERALISM""; ""THOMAS WEST VERSUS THOMAS JEFFERSON""; ""IS DEWEY�S THEORY OF MIND TOO OPTIMISTIC?""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""CONSIDER READING""; ""Afterword""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""