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" Vaulting ambition : "
Philip Kitcher.
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BL
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984785
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b739155
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| Main Entry
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Kitcher, Philip,1947-
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Vaulting ambition : : sociobiology and the quest for human nature /\ Philip Kitcher.
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Cambridge, Mass. :: MIT Press,, ©1985.
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xi, 456 pages ;; 24 cm
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0262111098
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: 0262610493
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: 9780262111096
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: 9780262610490
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-447) and index.
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| Contents
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Preface : a bicycle is not enough -- From nature up -- Rules of the game -- Beginner's guide to life, sex, and fitness -- What is sociobiology? -- Tycho's gift -- Misadventures in method -- Dr. Pangloss's last hurrah -- Proper study? -- Hypothoses non fingo -- Emperor's new equations -- Last infirmity.
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This book presents a detailed evaluation of the controversial claims that sociobiologists have made about human nature and human social behavior. It raises the "sociobiology debate" to a new level, moving beyond arguments about the politics of the various parties involved, the degree to which sociobiology assumes genetic determinism, or the falsifiability of the general theory.--Publisher's description.
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Sociobiology.
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Sociobiologie.
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Sociobiologie.
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Sociobiology.
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Sociobiology.
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Sociobiologie.
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304.5
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GN365.9.K58 1985
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71.05bcl
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