What's left of human nature? : a post-essentialist, pluralist, and interactive account of a contested concept / Maria Kronfeldner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kronfeldner, Maria E., author.

Series:

Life and mind

Life and mind: philosophical issues in biology and psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical anthropology.

Human behavior.

Human beings.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 301 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]

Summary:

Human nature has always been a foundational issue for philosophy. What does it mean to have a human nature? Is the concept the relic of a bygone age? What is the use of such a concept? What are the epistemic and ontological commitments people make when they use the concept? In What's Left of Human Nature? Maria Kronfeldner offers a philosophical account of human nature that defends the concept against contemporary criticism. In particular, she takes on challenges related to social misuse of the concept that dehumanizes those regarded as lacking human nature (the dehumanization challenge); the conflict between Darwinian thinking and essentialist concepts of human nature (the Darwinian challenge); and the consensus that evolution, heredity, and ontogenetic development result from nurture and nature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262038416

0262038412

OCLC:

1029800762