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Verbs, Bones, and Brains - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Nature (Hardcover)
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Verbs, Bones, and Brains - Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Nature (Hardcover)
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The last few decades have seen an unprecedented surge of empirical
and philosophical research into the evolutionary history of Homo
sapiens, the origins of the mind/brain, and human culture. This
research and its popular interpretations have sparked heated
debates about the nature of human beings and how knowledge about
humans from the sciences and humanities should be properly
understood. The goal of Verbs, Bones, and Brains: Interdisciplinary
Perspectives on Human Nature is to engage these themes and present
current debates, discussions, and discourse for a range of readers.
The contributors bring the discussion to life with key experts
outlining major concepts paired with cross-disciplinary
commentaries in order to create a novel approach to thinking about,
and with, human natures. The intent of the contributors to this
volume is not to enter into or adjudicate complex philosophical
issues of an epistemological or metaphysical nature. Instead, their
common concern is to set aside the rigid distinctions between
biology and culture that have made such discussions problematic.
First, informing their approach is an acknowledgment of the
widespread disagreement about such basic metaphysical and
epistemological questions as the existence of God, the nature of
scientific knowledge, and the existence of essences, among other
topics. Second, they try to identify and explicate the assumptions
that enter into their conceptualizations of human nature.
Throughout, they emphasize the importance of seeking a convergence
in our views on human nature, despite metaphysical disagreements.
They caution that if convergence eludes us and a common ground
cannot be found, this is itself a relevant result: it would reveal
to us how deeply our questions about ourselves are connected to our
basic metaphysical assumptions. Instead, their focus is on how the
interdisciplinary and possibly transdisciplinary conversation can
be enhanced in order to identify and develop a common ground on
what constitutes human nature.
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