9780199248063 - Human Nature and the Limits of Science von Dupre, John A. (5 Ergebnisse)

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Hardback. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 201 pages. John Dupre warns that our understanding of human nature is being distorted by two faulty and harmful forms of pseudo-scientific thinking. Not just in the academic world but increasingly in everyday life, we find one set of experts seeking to explain the ends at which humans aim in terms of evolutionary theory, and another set of experts using economic models to give rules of how we act to achieve those ends. Dupre charges this unholy alliance ofevolutionary psychologists and rational-choice theorists with scientific imperialism: they use methods and ideas developed for one domain of inquiry in others where they are inappropriate. He demonstrates that these theorists' explanations do not work, and furthermore that if taken seriously their theories tend to have dangerous social and political consequences. A provocative, witty, and persuasive corrective to scientism.

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Zustand: New. Not just in the academic world but increasingly in everyday life, we find one set of experts seeking to explain the ends at which humans aim in terms of evolutionary theory. Warning that our understanding of human nature is being distorted, the author demonstrates that these theorists' explanations do not work. Num Pages: 212 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: PDA; PSAJ; PSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418. . 2001. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.