Essential Building Blocks of Human Nature (The Frontiers Collection)

ISBN 10: 3662519356 / ISBN 13: 9783662519356

Published by Springer, 2016

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pp. 173.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essential Building Blocks of Human Nature (The Frontiers Collection)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3662519356
• ISBN 13: 9783662519356
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Ulrich Frey (philosophy), Charlotte Störmer and Kai Willführ (biology) work in an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Giessen, applying evolutionary theory to a broad range of fields. The following authors contributed to the chapters of this book: Karl Grammer, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Peter Kappeler, Niklas Krebs, Ruth Mace, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Frank Rösler, Michael Schmidt-Salomon, Mary K. Shenk, Richard Sosis and Matthias Uhl.