The Evolution of a Human Nature

Autor: Thomas Rhys Williams
Rok vydání: 1959
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Zdroj: Philosophy of Science. 26:1-13
ISSN: 1539-767X
0031-8248
DOI: 10.1086/287631
Popis: This discussion recounts the development of several anthropological definitions of human nature. It then examines conclusions of studies in other disciplines that make possible a revised empirical definition of human nature and which have led to reexamination of paleoanthropological data classed as unimportant under the rubrics of precceding studies. Finally, this discussion appraises certain of these data, as they pertain to the question: “Do empirical evidences suggest that a human nature, as well as a human structure, may be the product of evolutionary processes ?”
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