Rethinking Human Nature: A Multidisciplinary Approach - Couverture souple

Jeeves, Malcolm

 
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Synopsis

How do recent scientific discoveries challenge and complicate -- but also enrich and illuminate -- the traditional Christian portrait of human nature? In Rethinking Human Nature an international team of scientists, historians, philosophers, and theologians presents both the wisdom of the past and the cutting edge of current scientific research to explore answers to this question. Their discussions -- examining our brains, our genes, our ancestors, our societies, and more -- lead to a richer, more nuanced, and more complete understanding of what it really means to be h u m a n . < b r > Contributors: Evandro Agazzi R. J. Berry Alison S. Brooks Franco Chiereghin Felipe Fernández-Armesto Graeme Finlay Joel B. Green Malcolm Jeeves Jürgen Mittelstrass David G. Myers Janet Martin Soskice Fernando Vidal

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À propos de l?auteur

Malcolm Jeeves is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

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