O'Hear takes a stand against the fashion for explaining human behavior in terms of evolution. He argues that evolutionary theory, successful as it is in explaining the development of living things, cannot give a satisfactory account of such distinctive facets of human life as self-consciousness, the quest for knowledge, moral, sense, and the appreciation of beauty, in these we transcend our biological origins.
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ISBN | 9780198250043 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | OUP Oxford |
Jahr | 19990722 |
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