Human nature and the limits of Darwinism. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Whitley R.P. Kaufman.
• Authors: Kaufman, Whitley R. P, 1963-
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction: Bridging the Two Cultures; The Problem of the Scientific Study of Values; The Rise of Sociobiology; Sociobiology of Ethics; The Second Darwinian Revolution; Darwinizing the Humanities?; Must Human Nature Be Biologized?; The Fact/Value Distinction; The Plan of the Book; Notes; Chapter 2: The Traditional Theory of Human Nature; The Hybrid Theory of Human Nature; The Great Chain of Being; Human Nature and Free Will; The Great Chain of Being in the Western Tradition; The Great Chain Reconsidered; Reason and the Transcendentals. Religion and the Traditional Theory Adjudicating Between the Two Competing Theories; Notes; Chapter 3: Does Science Refute Free Will?; The Argument Against Free Will; The Reductionist Argument Against Free Will; Assessing the Reductionist Argument; Free Will and Cartesian Dualism; What Is Free Will?; The Rejection of Free Will Is Self-Defeating; Notes; Chapter 4: Reason, Truth, and Evolution; Darwinism as Universal Acid; Darwin's Doubt; Darwin's Doubt: Part Two; Evolutionary Theories of Ideas; Evolutionary Theories of Ideas: Memetics; The Paradox of Rationalism. The Role of Reason in Human LifeNotes; Chapter 5: Does Science Undermine Morality?; The Basic Principles of Moral Objectivism; Why Evolution Cannot Explain Any of These Principles; Theories of Evolutionary Ethics; Can Evolution Explain Impartial Morality?; The Problem of Moral Normativity and Rationality; Assessing the Redundancy Argument; Notes; Chapter 6: Is Utilitarianism a Scientific Morality?; Utilitarianism Versus Religious Ethics; Utilitarianism as Empiricist Ethics; The Evolutionary Argument; The Moral Nihilism Argument; Why Naturalizing Morality is a Bad Idea; Notes. Chapter 7: Art, Beauty, and Darwinism What Is the Aim of Art?; Art and Transcendence; Beauty and the Sublime; Art and Evolution; Landscape Preferences and the "Savanna Hypothesis"; Notes; Chapter 8: Literary Darwinism: Can Evolution Explain Great Literature?; Madame Bovary's Ovaries; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Homer's Iliad: Apes Fighting for Mates; Literature and Human Nature; Literary Darwinism and Human Values; Chapter 9: Darwinism and the Meaning of Life; The Gospel of Nihilism; The Existentialist Approach to Values and Purposes; Nihilists as Crypto-Moralists. Nihilism and the Meaning of Life The Happiness Industry; The Meaning of Human Existence; Notes; Chapter 10: Conclusion; A New Synthesis?; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 576.801; Philosophy; Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy; Philosophical anthropology; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy; Philosophical anthropology; Philosophy -- Metaphysics; Philosophy -- Movements -- General; Philosophy -- History & Surveys -- Modern; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900; Ontology; Movement (Philosophy); Philosophy, modern; Philosophy -- General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137592880; 1137592885; 1137592877; 9781137592873
• Related ISBNs: 9781137592873
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed on August 9, 2016).
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