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Why we believe : evolution and the human way of being / Agustin Fuentes.
LIBRA BF698.95 .F84 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fuentes, Agustin, author.
- Series:
- Foundational questions in science
- Foundational Questions in Science
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Evolutionary psychology.
- Belief and doubt.
- Human evolution.
- Thought and thinking.
- Cognition and culture.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press ; [West Conshohocken, PA] : Templeton Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Preface: Why we believe
- Part 1: Who are we and how did we come to believe? 1. Belief, evolution, and our place in the world ; 2. What makes us human? ; 3. Constructing the human niche ; 4. Animals, plants, buildings, and pottery
- Part 2: How do we believe? 5. What is culture? ; 6. How culture works
- Part 3: Religion, economies, love, and our future. 7. Why we believe versus what we believe ; 8. Religion ; 9. Economies ; 10. Love ; 11. Does belief matter?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300243994
- 0300243995
- OCLC:
- 1089958793
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