Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions

Converging evidence from disciplines including sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and human biology forces us to adopt a new idea of what it means to be a human. As cherished concepts such as free will, naïve realism, humans as creation's crowning glory fall and our moral roots in ape group...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Frey, Ulrich J. (Editor), Störmer, Charlotte (Editor), Willführ, Kai P. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:The Frontiers Collection,
Subjects:
Evolution (Biology).
Knowledge, Theory of.
Anthropology.
Psychology.
Cognitive psychology.
Sociology.
Evolutionary Biology.
Epistemology.
Behavioral Sciences and Psychology.
Cognitive Psychology.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Humans Are Exceptional
  • The Position of Man in the Cosmos
  • Living Differences
  • Nothing to Talk About
  • We Are Independent of Our Sociobiological Roots
  • The True Egoist Is Cooperative
  • The Social Brain and Its Implications
  • Why Most Theories Get It Wrong
  • The Biological Imperative Doesn't Matter to Us
  • Mortality Crises and Their Consequences for Human Life Histories
  • Costs and Consequences of Reproduction
  • Height and Reproductive Success
  • The Past Doesn't Echo in Our Heads
  • Developmental Psychology Without Dualistic Illusions
  • The Psychology of Families
  • Moral, Religion and Culture Are Social Constructions
  • Moral Normativity Is (Naturally) Grown
  • The Origins of Symbolic Culture
  • Belief in Melanesia
  • We Are Free in What We Want
  • Free Will
  • Could I Have Done Otherwise?
  • Epilogue
  • Modern Illusions of Humankind.

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