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Natural Selections : Selfish Altruists, Honest Liars, and Other Realities of Evolution.

If we are, in part, a product of our genes, can free will exist? Incisive and engaging, this indispensable tour of evolutionary biology runs the gamut of contemporary debates, from science and religion to our place in the universe.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barash, David P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Seductions of Centrality; Evolutionary Design, or, Why BadThings Have Happened to PerfectlyGood Creatures (Including Ourselves); Mainstream Misconceptions; Neither Leaps Nor Bounds; Who's in Charge Here?; Material of Mind: A SurprisingHomage to B.F. Skinner; Y B Conscious?; Intelligence; Let Us Reason Together; Believing Is Seeing; Evolutionary Existentialismand the Meaning of Life; The Tyranny of the Natural; Forbidden Knowledge?; Are We Selfish Altruists?Group-Oriented Individualists?(Or What?); Dealing with Dilemmas:Personal Gain versus Public Good.
  • The Ugly Underside of AltruismWhy Is Violence Such a "Guy Thing"?; One and a Half Cheers . . .; Honest Liars?; What Puts the Dys in Dystopia?; Evolution's Odd Couple; Index.