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One size fits all?(Book Review)
Human Nature and the Limits of Science, by John Duple; Oxford, 2001, about $50.
Who Rules in Science?, by James Robert Brown; Harvard, 2001, about $60.
ONCE FRANCIS BACON had smashed the idols and Rene Descartes devised the new basic furniture of reality, natural philosophers and merchants proved to be as thick as thieves--pursuit of gain was the thing. Perhaps it had something to do with their Exchequer, the Good Lord, in proof of whose existence Pascal, somewhat later, devised decision theory and probability, and thereby bequeathed us the national lottery.
But dealings have never been quite as conspiratorial as they now are: evolutionary ...
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- Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics Meijer, Danielle September 1, 2007 700+ words
...there is a universal human nature is arguably philosophically...Buller's criticisms of EP are nothing new. What...major topics within EP theory. The concluding...it means to assume a human nature and analyzing where EP stands if there is no...
- Marxism, Human Nature, and Social Change.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Monthly Review Gimenez, Martha December 1, 1999 700+ words
Sean Sayers, Marxism and Human Nature (London: Routledge, 1998...a book a bout Marxism and human nature seems hopelessly outdated. It...demonstrates how Marx's theory of human nature, and its social and moral implications...
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- Magazine article from: China Review International LaFargue, Michael March 22, 2003 700+ words
...way or another on Mencius' views on human nature, and these nine will be the main focus...these discussions of Mencius-on-human-nature in a way that would enable me to say...about how to approach the subject of human nature, what criteria should be decisive in...
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- Magazine article from: Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy Kmiec, Douglas W. September 22, 2005 700+ words
...serendipitously determined, there is a truth to human nature which, if not observed, corrupts or...exercise of freedom dependent upon it. Human nature and the natural law it reflects are...consciously fashioned with an outline of human nature in mind, natural law is an ...
- The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature.(Book Review)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology Hageman, Carlin F. September 1, 2004 700+ words
...The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature AUTHOR: Steven Pinker PUBLISHER: Penquin...Steven Pinker surveys the concept of human nature and its emotional, moral, and political...intellectual life, and about the new view of human nature and culture that is beginning to ...
- Human Nature in Republican Tradition and Paradise Lost.(Critical Essay)
- Magazine article from: Early Modern Literary Studies Walker, William (American adventurer) May 1, 2004 700+ words
Human Nature in Republican Tradition and Paradise...unsw.edu.au Walker, William. "Human Nature in Republican Tradition and Paradise...thought seldom see it as a philosophy of human nature, many recognise that an understanding...
- Interpersonal relationships as a metaphor for human-nature relationships.
- Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Outdoor Education Martin, Peter Thomas, Glyn July 1, 2000 700+ words
...language and framework for considering how human-nature relationships may be initiated and sustained...and learning focused particularly on human-nature relationships. An immediate challenge...seeks to develop an understanding of human-nature relationships is the difficulty of ...
- What Is a Man?(The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: National Review DANIELS, ANTHONY November 11, 2002 700+ words
...The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, by Steven Pinker (Viking, 528 pp...solution to it would be like. Of course, human nature is often invoked to explain human conduct...especially when that conduct appalls. But human nature is a slippery concept; and so great...
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