Book ID: CBB000501595

Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour (2002)

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Laland, Kevin N. (Author)
Brown, Gillian R. (Author)


Oxford University Press
Publication date: 2002
Language: English


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: ix + 369 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

Description Explores some of the major scientific debates over the relationship of evolutionary theory to human behavior.


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Review Downes, Stephen M. (2005) Review of "Sense and Nonsense: Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 269). unapi

Essay Review Stephens, Christopher (2005) What Can Evolutionary Theory Teach Us about Human Nature?. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (pp. 221-232). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rutherford, Alexandra
Andrick, John M.
Araujo, Saulo de Freitas
Carroll, David
Di Carlo, Christopher
Gillette, Aaron
Journals
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences
Biology and Philosophy
Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology
History of the Human Sciences
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Quarterly Review of Biology
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
New York University
Johns Hopkins University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Princeton University Press
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Behaviorism
Genetics
Evolutionary psychology
Psychology
Science and politics
Evolution
People
Watson, John Broadus
Skinner, Burrhus Frederic
Beckett, Samuel
Brunswik, Egon
Chomsky, Noam
Tolman, Edward Chace
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
Europe
Finland
Institutions
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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