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" Essential building blocks of human nature / "
Ulrich J. Frey, Charlotte Störmer, Kai P. Willführ, editors
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Record Number
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687063
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b509252
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Title & Author
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Essential building blocks of human nature /\ Ulrich J. Frey, Charlotte Störmer, Kai P. Willführ, editors
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Publication Statement
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Heidelberg ;New York :: Springer,, [2011]
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, ©2011
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Series Statement
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Frontiers collection
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Page. NO
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xiv, 158 pages :: illustrations (some color),; 24 cm
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ISBN
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3642139671
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: 9783642139673
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents
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Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Our Origins: What Makes Us Different fromApes?; Chapter 2 Our Children: Parental Decisions -- How Muchto Invest in Your Offspring; Chapter 3 Our Social Roots: How the Local EcologyShapes Our Social Structures; Chapter 4 Our Emotions: Explaining Emotions -- Reducing a Complex Phenomenon; Chapter 5 Our Morality: Cooperation and CulturalDifferences; Chapter 6 Our Preferences: WhyWe Like What We Like; Chapter 7 Our Appetite for Information: Ancestral Brainsin Modern Environments -- The Influences ofMedia
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Abstract
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"To understand why we humans are as we are, it is necessary to look at the essential building blocks that comprise our nature. The foundations of this structure are our evolutionary origins as primates and our social roots. Upon these rest features such as our emotions, language and aesthetic preferences, with our self-perceptions, self-deceptions and thirst for knowledge right at the top. The unifying force holding these blocks together is evolutionary theory. Evolution provides a deeper understanding of human nature and, in particular, of the common roots of these different perspectives. To build a reliable and coherent model of man, leading authors from fields as diverse as primatology, anthropology, neurobiology and philosophy have joined forces to present essays each describing their own expert perspective. Together they provide a convincing and complete picture of our own human nature"--P. [4] of cover
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Subject
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Philosophical anthropology
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LC Classification
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BD450.E87 2011
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Frey, Ulrich J.,1975-
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Störmer, Charlotte
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Willführ, Kai P
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